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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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¨.~=$$¤@@# . MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, . #@@¤$$=~.¨
¨¨¨¨~=$$$@ ¨ MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY" ¨ @$$$=~¨¨¨¨
¨.~=$$¤@@@ ¨ USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS ¨ @@@¤$$=~.¨
¨.~=$$¤¤@@ OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON, @@¤¤$$=~.¨
¨¨¨¨.~~=$@ THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE @$=~~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~==$¤ CAUGHT. ¤$==~.¨¨¨¨
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¨.~=$$¤@@# .............. THE MARTEN .............. #@@¤$$=~.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨.~$¤@ . THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, . @¤$~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~=$$¤@@# ¨ OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING. ¨ #@@¤$$=~.¨
¨.~=$$¤@@# ¨ IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI, ¨ #@@¤$$=~.¨
¨.~=$$¤@@# THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE #@@¤$$=~.¨
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¨.~=$$$$¤@ THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD. @¤$$$$=~.¨
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¨.~=$$¤@@@ .............. 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 ##@¤$$=~.¨
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¨.~=$$¤@@# 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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