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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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