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,,,,,,«*§&                                          &§*«,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«*§     ,, ferrets                           §*«,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,«*§ ,,,,,,«***§&&&§@@@@##@@@@§&&&§***«,,,,,, §*«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,«*§&                                          &§*«,,,,,,
,,,,,«*§&§  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.                         §*«,,,,,,,
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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.       §&§*«,,,,,
,,,,,,«*§&                                          &§*«,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«*§ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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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