§§†*»^^... ...^^»*†§§
§†**»^^... ...^^»**†§
####§$*»^. .^»*$§####
###§$†*»^. .^»*†$§###
###§$†*»^. .^»*†$§###
§§†»^..... .. 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. . ...^»††§##
###§$†*»^. this makes it the largest of the .^»*†$§###
##§§$†*»^. phylum, and it's the most recently .^»*†$§§##
##$*^..... evolved as well, bred for use as a .....^*$##
§$†»»^.... predator. it's made more dangerous ....^»»†$§
###§$†*»^. by the fact that it's almost .^»*†$§###
###§$†*»^. completely unknown to biologists. .^»*†$§###
#$**^..... .....^**$#
###§$†*»^. .^»*†$§###
###§$†*»^. .^»*†$§###
###§$†*»^. .^»*†$§###
§§††††*»^. .^»*††††§§