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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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