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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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