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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. #££*$^~-..
...-~^$*££ ££*$^~-...
....-~^$*£ 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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