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,:~*^§¤¶## 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, ¤§§*~:,,,,
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,,,:*^^¤¤# 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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