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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. #£#§^~~...
..~~^§#£## ##£#§^~~..
.~~^§#£### 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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