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