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¨¨¨¨¨¨~^^@ your eye - probably one of these. @^^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~~;^%@@£@ 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. @@£@%^;~~¨
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¨~~;^%@£@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the marten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@£@%^;~~¨
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¨~~;^%@£@# ~ 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. £@%%%^;~~¨
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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. @@@%;;~~¨¨
¨~~;^%@£@# #@£@%^;~~¨
¨~~;^%@£## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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