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,-~/%§§§§§ your eye - probably one of these. §§§§§%/~-,
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,-~/%§§¶## backbone animals. ##¶§§%/~-,
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,-~//%%§§§ 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. ##¶§§%/~-,
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,-~/%§§¶## --------------- 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 -------------- ##¶§§%/~-,
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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 ##¶§§%/~-,
,-~/%§§¶## 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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