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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~»=†&§@##
#@#§&†=»~¨ ~ ~ ¨~»=†&§#@#
##@#§&=»~¨ ~ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»†§
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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. ¨~»=†&§§§#
#@#§&†=»~¨ ¨~»=†&§#@#
#@#§&†=»~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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