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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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