§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨     ¨¨ 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.      §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨