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Titan (Third Dynasty) pt.17

Almost half of the workers sent to Earth had retracted an acute branch of the disease Enzimaë. Doctors diagnosed the workers with Enzomiára. In this disease, the patients’ skin grew cold and all their hair fell out. Almost opposite to the Enzimaë disease (where a persons’ skin grew feverishly hot and red like it had been scrubbed raw, though no change to their hair structure). Mars stopped. Transport between Mars and Phobos were cut off. Within three days, almost ¼ of Mars had been diagnosed with Enzomiára and quarantined. Again, the government was cornered into hastily finishing off the three planets, Titan, Europa and Himalia. Even though only a final check-up was in order, prices soared and, for passage to Titan or Europa, the ticket sales were approximately double that they had been for safe passage from Earth.

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