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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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