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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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