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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 .^-:=%&£@#
&%:-...... caught. ......-:%&
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#@£&%=:-^. . 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 lusher one in the family is the ^ ......-:%£
#@£&%=:-^. . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or . .^-:=%&£@#
£%%=:-.... . harvested for their beautiful fur, . ....-:=%%£
&&%==::-^. the white coat, very pretty, .^-::==%&&
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##@£&%=-^. . 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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£&&&%=:-^. . 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 ....^^:=%&
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£%==-^.... completely unknown to biologists. ....^-==%£
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