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###¤%†\-~¨ ¨¨ FERRETS ¨~-\†%¤###
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¤¤†-¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ¨¨¨¨¨¨-†¤¤
###¤%†\-~¨ YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ¨~-\†%¤###
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#¤¤%\~~¨¨¨ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~-\†%¤###
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#%\~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~~~\†¤
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#¤%†\~¨¨¨¨ ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~-\†%¤###
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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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¤¤†-~¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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