Aaron the ant walks on the coordinate plane according to the following rules. He starts at the origin facing to the east and walks one unit, arriving at . For , right after arriving at the point , if Aaron can turn left and walk one unit to an unvisited point , he does that. Otherwise, he walks one unit straight ahead to reach . Thus the sequence of points continues , and so on in a counterclockwise spiral pattern. What is ?
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