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##&==†=,¨¨ ¨¨,=†==&##
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#&===¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨¨¨¨¨===&#
#@##&=†=,¨ ¨,=†=&##@#
#=†,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,,,=†††=&&&####@##@####&&&=†††=,,,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,†=#
####&=†=,¨ ¨,=†=&####
#==,,,¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨,=†=&####
#&&=†,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,†=&&#
###=††=,,¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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. ¨¨¨¨¨===&#
#&===¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨===&#
#@##&=†=,¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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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