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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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