§†~^...... ......^~†§
†~^....... .......^~†
~^........ ........^~
†~^....... .......^~†
§†~^...... ......^~†§
*§†~^..... .. 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. ....^~†§*@
#@*§†~^... ...^~†§*@#
##@*§†~^.. ..^~†§*@##
###@*§†~^. .^~†§*@###
##@*§†~^.. ..^~†§*@##
#@*§†~^... ...^~†§*@#