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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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