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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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