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......^†$&     .. FERRETS                           &$†^......
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.^~†$$&¶##             BACKBONE ANIMALS.            ##¶&$$†~^.
.^~†$$$$$&         CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.        &$$$$$†~^.
....~††$&&       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       &&$††~....
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.^~†$$&¶## ^ MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, ^ ##¶&$$†~^.
...^^†$&&& . MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  . &&&$†^^...
.^~†$$$&&¶ . USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS   . ¶&&$$$†~^.
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.^~†$$&¶##   CAUGHT.                                ##¶&$$†~^.
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.^~†$$&¶## . 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¶¶¶&$$†~^.
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...^††††$& . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       . &$††††^...
.^~†$$&¶## . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   . ##¶&$$†~^.
.^†$$&¶###   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ###¶&$$†^.
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.^~†$$&¶## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MEWN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##¶&$$†~^.
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.....~†$&& . ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    . &&$†~.....
.^~†$$&¶## . 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.       &&$$$~^^..
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......^†$& . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     . &$†^......
.^~†$$&¶##   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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