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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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