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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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