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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @$*^-~....
.....~-^*$ ~                                      ~ $*^-~.....
......~-^* ~ MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, ~ *^-~......
.......~-^ . MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  . ^-~.......
........~- . USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS   . -~........
.......~-^   OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON,    ^-~.......
......~-^*   THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE    *^-~......
.....~-^*$   CAUGHT.                                $*^-~.....
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...~-^*$@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.                         #@#@$*^-~.
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...~-^*$@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.       $*^-~.....
....~-^*$@                                          @$*^-~....
...~-^*$@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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