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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. ¨¨¨¨¨,~*@§
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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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