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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.                         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #£#£†=«,¨¨
¨,«=†£#£## ,                                      , ##£#£†=«,¨
¨¨,«=†£#£# ¨ 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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