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......:«=*            THE PLANET GARTHYN            *=«:......
.....:«=*@       WAS DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.        @*=«:.....
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...:«=*@@# =«  ««««  ««««««««««««««««««««  ««««  «= #@@*=«:...
....:«=*@@ = A  CARGO VEHICLE  HAD  SUFFERED  AN  = @@*=«:....
.....:«=*@ =  ENGINE FAILURE  AND CRASHED ON  THE = @*=«:.....
......:«=* = PLANET. WHEN  GARTHYN  PROVED TO  BE = *=«:......
.......:«= = HABITABLE,  A  COLONY HAD  BEEN SENT = =«:.......
........:« =     OUT     THE    NEXT    MONTH.    = «:........
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.......... =«  ««««  ««««««««««««««««««««  ««««  «= ..........
.......... = A FEW YEARS LATER, THE COLONY WAS AS = ..........
.......... = INHABITED AS THE MOTHER PLANET EROL. = ..........
.......... =  THERE WERE  SHOPPING MALLS,  ZOOS,  = ..........
.......... =  APARTMENTS  AND  HOUSES, CIRCUSES,  = ..........
.......... =  BATH   HOUSES,  MILK   FACTORIES.   = ..........
.........: = OCCASIONALLY YOU COULD FIND BEACHES, = :.........
........:« = HOT DOG STANDS,  GRILL BARS AND MUCH = «:........
.......:«= = ELSE, JUST AS ON AN INHABITED PLANET = =«:.......
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....:«=*@@ =«  ««««  ««««««««««««««««««««  ««««  «= @@*=«:....
...:«=*@@# = IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT IT STARTED. = #@@*=«:...
..:«=*@@## =  LARGE  WOLVES  RAN  IN  PACKS  AND  = ##@@*=«:..
.:«=*@@### =    ATTACKED    LARGE    BUILDINGS.   = ###@@*=«:.
..:«=*@@## = FIRST, SOME RENTAL APARTMENTS IN THE = ##@@*=«:..
...:«=*@@# = OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY SHOO. THEN AN  = #@@*=«:...
....:«=*@@ = ARCADE,  A HOSPITAL  AND  A  BRIDGE. = @@*=«:....
.....:«=*@ =  DIRECTLY  AFTER THE  ATTACKS,  THE  = @*=«:.....
......:«=* = WOLVES DISAPPEARED. NO  ONE KNEW WHY = *=«:......
.......:«= = THEY CAME, NO ONE  KNEW  FROM WHERE. = =«:.......
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