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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. «^,,,,,,,,
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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. @#¤*/«^,,,
,,^«/*¤#@# #@#¤*/«^,,
,^«/*¤#@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^« ^ ^ «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«/ ^ 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. ^,,,,,,,,,
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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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