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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. ¨^~=^§&&@#
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##@&§^=~^¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MINK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^~=^§&@##
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&§§§^^=~^¨ ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^~=^§&@##
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&^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^~=^§&@@@
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##@&§^=~^¨ ¨ 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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