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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:        ¤%§†~:....
...:~†§%¤#                                          #¤%§†~:...
..:~†§%¤##             "indian palace".             ##¤%§†~:..
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