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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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