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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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