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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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