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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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....^-\=¤@              .# -------- #.              @¤=\-^....
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