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...^^%$§£#     .. ferrets                           #£§$%^^...
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...^^%$§£# you see something move in the corner of  #£§$%^^...
..^^%$§£##     your eye - probably one of these.    ##£§$%^^..
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..^^%$§£##            backbone animals.             ##£§$%^^..
...^^%$§£#        cat-snakes, or so called.         #£§$%^^...
....^^%$§£       comes in different flavours.       £§$%^^....
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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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.^^%$§£### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the ermine ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###£§$%^^.
..^^%$§£## ^                                      ^ ##£§$%^^..
...^^%$§£# ^ the lusher one in the family is the  ^ #£§$%^^...
....^^%$§£ . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or       . £§$%^^....
.....^^%$§ . harvested for their beautiful fur,   . §$%^^.....
....^^%$§£   the white coat, very pretty,           £§$%^^....
...^^%$§£#   although rare.                         #£§$%^^...
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.^^%$§£### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the mewn ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###£§$%^^.
..^^%$§£## ^                                      ^ ##£§$%^^..
...^^%$§£# . one of the most notable in kirugu    . #£§$%^^...
....^^%$§£ . lore, the otter ferret? it goes in   . £§$%^^....
.....^^%$§   rivers. there are a lot of ferrets,    §$%^^.....
....^^%$§£   but for some reason, this otter one    £§$%^^....
...^^%$§£#   is hardly ever seen. it might be       #£§$%^^...
..^^%$§£##   that it is unbound...?                 ##£§$%^^..
.^^%$§£###   locals use it for sport fishing.       ###£§$%^^.
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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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