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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 .~-=*§####
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##§*=-~... FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND ...~-=*§##
#§*=-~.... JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE, ....~-=*§#
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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 .........~
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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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#§*=-~.... PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS, ....~-=*§#
##§*=-~... LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN ...~-=*§##
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####§*=-~. AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS .~-=*§####
###§*=-~.. CHIPPING, SOME WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT ..~-=*§###
##§*=-~... THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE: ...~-=*§##
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