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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. .....~*%§§
#@@§%=*~~. .~~*=%§@@#
#@@§%=*~~. 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: .~~*=%§§@@
@@@§%=*~~. .~~*=%§@@@
##@@§%=*~. "indian palace". .~*=%§@@##
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