¨^~:†*@@## ##@@*†:~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†@ @†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~:*@@# #@@*:~¨¨¨¨
¨^~:†*@@## ##@@*†:~^¨
¨¨^^^~†*@@ @@*†~^^^¨¨
¨¨¨^~:†@@@ ¨¨ 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. #@*:~^^¨¨¨
¨¨¨~:†**@@ @@**†:~¨¨¨
¨^~:†*@@## ##@@*†:~^¨
¨^~:†*@@## ##@@*†:~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨~::*@ @*::~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨^^^^:**@ @**:^^^^¨¨