¨§§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨§§§¨§
¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§     ¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨