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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. @@@@..@@..
....@.@.@. ...@.@.@..
...@@@@@@. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ...@.@@@@.
@.@.@@.@.. ..@@@...@@
@@@@.@@@.@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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