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,,~=%***## ##***%=~,,
,,,,,,~=*& &*=~,,,,,,
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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. ###&*%=~,,
,,~=%*## ###&*%=~,,
,,~=%*## 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. ##*%~,,,,,
,,~=%*## ###&*%=~,,
,,~=%*## 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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