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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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