¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§     ¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨