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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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&$:~.¨¨¨¨¨             "indian palace".             ¨¨¨¨¨.~:$&
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