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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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