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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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