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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   ##@#¤§†«:,
,:«†$§¤#@#   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          #@#¤§$†«:,
,:«†$§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§$†«:,
,:«†$§¤¤#@ :::::::::::::: THE ERMINE :::::::::::::: @#¤¤§$†«:,
,,,,,:«$§# :                                      : #§$«:,,,,,
,,,:::†$¤@ : THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  : @¤$†:::,,,
,,,,,,:†$¤ , ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       , ¤$†:,,,,,,
,:«†$§¤#@# , HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   , #@#¤§$†«:,
:«†$§¤#@##   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ##@#¤§$†«:
,,,,,,,«$¤   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ¤$«,,,,,,,
,,,,«$§¤##                                          ##¤§$«,,,,
,:«†$§¤#@# ::::::::::::::: THE MEWN ::::::::::::::: #@#¤§$†«:,
,:«†$§¤¤¤@ :                                      : @¤¤¤§$†«:,
,:«†$§¤#@# , ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    , #@#¤§$†«:,
,:«†$§¤#@@ , LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   , @@#¤§$†«:,
,:«†$§¤#@#   RIVERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FERRETS,    #@#¤§$†«:,
,,,:::†$$¤   BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE    ¤$$†:::,,,
,:«†$§¤#@#   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       #@#¤§$†«:,
,,,,,,«$$¤   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 ¤$$«,,,,,,
,:«†$§¤#@#   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       #@#¤§$†«:,
,:«†$§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§$†«:,
,,::«††$§# ::::::::::::::: THE HUSKY :::::::::::::: #§$††«::,,
,,,,::«†§¤ :                                      : ¤§†«::,,,,
,,,,,««†§¤ , 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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