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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:        ¨,«:*%&###
&%:«¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨«:%&
###&%*:«,¨             "indian palace".             ¨,«:*%&###
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