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##£#$%:~:.   residential district, eventually you   .:~:%$#£##
£££#$%:~:.     arrive at what looks like a large    .:~:%$#£££
#%::~~:...    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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