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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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