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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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