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¨~»:§§$$$@ YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. @$$$§§:»~¨
¨~»:§$¤### ###¤$§:»~¨
¨~»:§$¤@## BACKBONE ANIMALS. ##@¤$§:»~¨
¨¨¨¨~:$$¤@ CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. @¤$$:~¨¨¨¨
¨~»:§$¤@## COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. ##@¤$§:»~¨
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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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¨~»:§$¤@## ~ THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, ~ ##@¤$§:»~¨
¨¨¨»»§$$¤# ¨ OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING. ¨ #¤$$§»»¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»:$¤ ¨ IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI, ¨ ¤$:»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~»:§$¤@## THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE ##@¤$§:»~¨
¨~»:§¤@### 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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