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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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