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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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