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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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