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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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