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£$%†=^....     .. ferrets                           ....^=†%$£
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##£$%†=^.. you see something move in the corner of  ..^=†%$£##
#£$%†=^...    your eye - probably one of these.     ...^=†%$£#
£$%†=^....                                          ....^=†%$£
$%†=^.....             backbone animals.            .....^=†%$
%†=^......         cat-snakes, or so called.        ......^=†%
†=^.......       comes in different flavours.       .......^=†
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$%†=^..... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the mink ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .....^=†%$
£$%†=^.... ^                                      ^ ....^=†%$£
#£$%†=^... ^ minks, also called the snow ferrets, ^ ...^=†%$£#
##£$%†=^.. . make up the "wandering food supply"  . ..^=†%$£##
###£$%†=^. . used by the shamans and underlings   . .^=†%$£###
##£$%†=^..   of kirugu vargir. when called upon,    ..^=†%$£##
#£$%†=^...   they present themselves, and can be    ...^=†%$£#
£$%†=^....   caught.                                ....^=†%$£
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%†=^...... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the marten ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ......^=†%
†=^....... ^                                      ^ .......^=†
%†=^...... ^ the marten is the sneakier one here, ^ ......^=†%
$%†=^..... . often used for spying, or stealing.  . .....^=†%$
£$%†=^.... . in the older tales about vidmi,      . ....^=†%$£
#£$%†=^...   these are probs the ferrets that she   ...^=†%$£#
##£$%†=^..   was said to control. this connection   ..^=†%$£##
###£$%†=^.   might explain why many denizens have   .^=†%$£###
##£$%†=^..   this as their main "pet" god.          ..^=†%$£##
#£$%†=^...                                          ...^=†%$£#
£$%†=^.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the ermine ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....^=†%$£
$%†=^..... ^                                      ^ .....^=†%$
%†=^...... ^ the lusher one in the family is the  ^ ......^=†%
†=^....... . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or       . .......^=†
%†=^...... . harvested for their beautiful fur,   . ......^=†%
$%†=^.....   the white coat, very pretty,           .....^=†%$
£$%†=^....   although rare.                         ....^=†%$£
#£$%†=^...                                          ...^=†%$£#
##£$%†=^.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the mewn ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ..^=†%$£##
###£$%†=^. ^                                      ^ .^=†%$£###
##£$%†=^.. . one of the most notable in kirugu    . ..^=†%$£##
#£$%†=^... . lore, the otter ferret? it goes in   . ...^=†%$£#
£$%†=^....   rivers. there are a lot of ferrets,    ....^=†%$£
$%†=^.....   but for some reason, this otter one    .....^=†%$
%†=^......   is hardly ever seen. it might be       ......^=†%
†=^.......   that it is unbound...?                 .......^=†
%†=^......   locals use it for sport fishing.       ......^=†%
$%†=^.....                                          .....^=†%$
£$%†=^.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the husky ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....^=†%$£
#£$%†=^... ^                                      ^ ...^=†%$£#
##£$%†=^.. . the husky may seem like a dog, but   . ..^=†%$£##
###£$%†=^. . it is actually a kind of ferret.     . .^=†%$£###
##£$%†=^..   this makes it the largest of the       ..^=†%$£##
#£$%†=^...   phylum, and it's the most recently     ...^=†%$£#
£$%†=^....   evolved as well, bred for use as a     ....^=†%$£
$%†=^.....   predator. it's made more dangerous     .....^=†%$
%†=^......   by the fact that it's almost           ......^=†%
†=^.......   completely unknown to biologists.      .......^=†
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