.-=///$&&& &&&$///=-.
.....=/$$& &$$/=.....
.....=$$$@ @$$$=.....
.-=/$$$&&@ @&&$$$/=-.
.-=/$$&@@@ @@@&$$/=-.
.-=/$$&&&& .. ferrets &&&&$$/=-.
.-=/$$## ###&$$/=-.
....--/$@# ...---=///$$$$&@@@####@@@&$$$$///=---... #@$/--....
.....=/$$& &$$/=.....
.-=/$$&@## 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 ###@&$$/=-
....=//$ completely unknown to biologists. #&$//=....
.-=/$$&@## ##@&$$/=-.
..-=//$$&& &&$$//=-..
.-=////$&@ @&$////=-.
...-=$$$@@ @@$$$=-...
.-=/$$$$@@ @@$$$$/=-.