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@$$$†*....     .. FERRETS                           ....*†$$$@
##@#$†*~..                                          ..~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~.. ......~***†$$$#@@@####@@@#$$$†***~...... ..~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~..                                          ..~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~..  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   . ...~~~†##@
##@#$†*~.. . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     . ..~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~..   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ..~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~..   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     ..~*†$#@##
##$**.....   EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A     .....**$##
##@#$†*~..   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     ..~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~..   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           ..~*†$#@##
@$*~......   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ......~*$@
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