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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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