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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 :::::::::::::: #¤$%:~:...
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.:~:%$¤### : 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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