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...^~=†§@#     .. FERRETS                           #@§†=~^...
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.^~=†§@### ...^^^~===†§§§£@@@####@@@£§§§†===~^^^... ###@§†=~^.
..^~=†§@##                                          ##@§†=~^..
...^~=†§@#  YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF #@§†=~^...
....^~=†§@    YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.     @§†=~^....
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......^~=†             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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