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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 ...~:*%@##
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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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