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&%*~~¨¨¨¨¨ WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE ¨¨¨¨¨~~*%&
@&%*~~¨¨¨¨ THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ¨¨¨¨~~*%&@
@@&%*~~¨¨¨ RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU ¨¨¨~~*%&@@
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#@@@&%*~~¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~*%&
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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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