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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     ..^~*%§£##
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§%*~^..... 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 ..^~*%§£##
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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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