¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/                                          /~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/*                                          */~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~/*&                                          &*/~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~/*&@     ¨¨ ferrets                           @&*/~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~/*&@#                                          #@&*/~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~/*&@#@ ¨¨¨^^^~///*&&&@###@##@###@&&&*///~^^^¨¨¨ @#@&*/~^¨¨
¨^~/*&@#@#                                          #@#@&*/~^¨
¨¨^~/*&@#@  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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