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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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