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.^«:$¤§###     .. FERRETS                           ###§¤$:«^.
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.^«:::¤¤§§ ...^^^«:::$¤¤¤§##########§¤¤¤$:::«^^^... §§¤¤:::«^.
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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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