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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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