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.~=\†*§¶@#                                          #@¶§*†\=~.
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....~\††§@     .. 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.          ¶§††=.....
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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.       #@¶§*†\=~.
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.~=\†*§@## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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