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.:~/%$@#@#     .. FERRETS                           #@#@$%/~:.
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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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.:~/%$$@## : THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, : ##@$$%/~:.
.:~/%$#@## . OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  . ##@#$%/~:.
.:~/%$$@@@ . IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      . @@@$$%/~:.
.:~///%@#@   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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.....:/$$@ ::::::::::::::: THE MEWN ::::::::::::::: @$$/:.....
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......:~%@ . 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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