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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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