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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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