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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....~^%@£#
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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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####£@%^~. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. .~^%@£####
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##£@%^~... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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