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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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