##@¶@%*^~~ ~~^*%@¶@##
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¶%^~~~.... ....~~~^%¶
¶@%**~~... ...~~**%@¶
@¶%^~..... .. 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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