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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. @&§*=«:...
....:«=*§& &§*=«:....
.....:«=*§ 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: &§*=«:....
...:«=*§&@ @&§*=«:...
..:«=*§&@# "INDIAN PALACE". #@&§*=«:..
.:«=*§&@## ##@&§*=«:.
..:«=*§&@# #@&§*=«:..
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