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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 ,~=/*%####
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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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