*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
%*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*%
$%*=,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,=*%$
&$%*=,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,=*%$&
@&$%*=,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,=*%$&@
#@&$%*=,¨¨   if you follow a dirt road north just   ¨¨,=*%$&@#
##@&$%*=,¨   within the second ring, and navigate   ¨,=*%$&@##
#@&$%*=,¨¨  the overgrown maze of the north-eastern ¨¨,=*%$&@#
@&$%*=,¨¨¨   residential district, eventually you   ¨¨¨,=*%$&@
&$%*=,¨¨¨¨     arrive at what looks like a large    ¨¨¨¨,=*%$&
$%*=,¨¨¨¨¨    fenced-in grove of bird cherry and    ¨¨¨¨¨,=*%$
%*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨        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.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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:        ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             "indian palace".             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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