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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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