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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 ......^~/*
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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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