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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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