¨--^=*¤#@# #@#¤*=^--¨
¨--^=*¤#@# #@#¤*=^--¨
¨--^=*¤#@# #@#¤*=^--¨
¨¨¨---^^*# #*^^---¨¨¨
¨--^=*¤### ###¤*=^--¨
¨--^=¤#@## 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". ##*=^---¨¨
¨-----^=¤¤ ¤¤=^-----¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--=¤ ¤=--¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨--^=*#@## ##@#*=^--¨
¨¨¨¨-^*¤#@ @#¤*^-¨¨¨¨
¨--^=*¤#@# #@#¤*=^--¨