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