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#@%*†«,,,,                                          ,,,,«†*%@#
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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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