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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.                                ##£%†:=-..
...-=:†%£#                                          #£%†:=-...
....-=:†%£ -------------- 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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