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§%;-......   if you follow a dirt road north just   ......-;%§
§%%;;^....   within the second ring, and navigate   ....^;;%%§
£%%%;;--^. the overgrown maze of the north-eastern  .^--;;%%%£
##£§%%;-^.   residential district, eventually you   .^-;%%§£##
#£%;;^....    arrive at what looks like a large     ....^;;%£#
£%%;;^....    fenced-in grove of bird cherry and    ....^;;%%£
££%%%-....        juniper. it's quite large,        ....-%%%££
§%%;^^....     and will take a while to circle,     ....^^;%%§
##£§%%;-^.   especially since it's got gardens and  .^-;%%§£##
§%%---^... walls sticking out of it in more than a  ...^---%%§
##£§%%;-^.     few places. but keep going, and      .^-;%%§£##
§§%%;;^...   eventually there'll be lilacs, and a   ...^;;%%§§
§%;;^.....            hole in the fence.            .....^;;%§
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£%;^...... go  inside. well, it's hollow, and hides ......^;%£
###£§%;-^. a pale swamp  (herons,  mosquitos). it's .^-;%§£###
§%%-...... brighter  here, and  the  sounds  of the ......-%%§
£%%--^.... city seem distant.  but there's a second ....^--%%£
##£§%%;-^. grove  inside. zig  zag between  puddles .^-;%%§£##
##£§%%;-^. and   sinking    shipping    containers, .^-;%%§£##
§%-^^..... because toward the  inner  treeline  the .....^^-%§
##£§%%;-^. ground      becomes     solid     again. .^-;%%§£##
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§%%%---...  go inside. this time there's a cracked  ...---%%%§
£££§%%;-^.  parking lot, with sprinkled dandelions, .^-;%%§£££
##£§%%;-^.    lined by wisteria. east of it is an   .^-;%%§£##
#§%;^^....  abandoned building, what used to house  ....^^;%§#
§%%;;-^...      an old restaurant. the paint is     ...^-;;%%§
£%;^^.....  chipping, some windows are broken, but  .....^^;%£
##£§%%;-^.       the signage is still there:        .^-;%%§£##
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###£§%%-^.             "indian palace".             .^-%%§£###
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