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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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