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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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