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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:        .,~==%@###
##%=~~,...                                          ...,~~=%##
#%===,....             "indian palace".             ....,===%#
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