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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..@.@..@.@
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@.@..@.@.@ ~ 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 ..@.@..@.@
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@.@.@@.@.@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MARTEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .@@.@.@@..
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@.@.@@.@.@ ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .@@.@.@@..
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@.@.@@.@.@ . 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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