.....==$*& &*$==.....
....==$* #&*$==....
...==$*# ##&*$==...
..==$*## ###&*$==..
...==$*# ##&*$==...
....==$* IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST #&*$==....
.....==$*& WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE &*$==.....
......==$* THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN *$==......
.......==$ RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU $==.......
........== ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE ==........
.........= FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND =.........
.......... JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE, ..........
.......... AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE, ..........
.......... ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOT GARDENS AND ..........
.......... WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A ..........
.......... FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND ..........
.......... EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A ..........
.......... HOLE IN THE FENCE. ..........
.........= =.........
........== GO INSIDE. WELL, IT'S HOLLOW, AND HIDES ==........
.......==$ 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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