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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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¨¨^-*££@## ^ 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. ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^-*££@# ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ #@££*-^¨¨¨
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¨^-*££@### although rare. ###@££*-^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*£ ¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^ ^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ ¨ 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 £*-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^-*££@# by the fact that it's almost #@££*-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-*££@## completely unknown to biologists. ##@££*-^¨¨
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