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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, #*^==:....
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......:==^ 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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.....:==^* "INDIAN PALACE". *^==:.....
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