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.#.#.#.#.#     .. FERRETS                           #.##.#.#.#
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.#.#.#.#.# ...~~~-^^^*$$$#£££####£££#$$$*^^^-~~~... #.##.#.#.#
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #..#.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.# ~                                      ~ #.##.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.# ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #.##.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.# ~                                      ~ #..#.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.# ~ 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.                         #.##.#.#.#
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.#.#.#.#.# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.       #.##.#.#.#
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.#.#.#.#.# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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