#$†^»,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,»^†$#
$†^»,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,»^†$
†^»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»^†
$†^»,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,»^†$
#$†^»,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,»^†$#
@#$†^»,¨¨¨     ¨¨ ferrets                           ¨¨¨,»^†$#@
#@#$†^»,¨¨                                          ¨¨,»^†$#@#
##@#$†^»,¨ ¨¨¨,,,»^^^†$$$¤###@##@###¤$$$†^^^»,,,¨¨¨ ¨,»^†$#@##
#@#$†^»,¨¨                                          ¨¨,»^†$#@#
@#$†^»,¨¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»^†
$†^»,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,»^†$
#$†^»,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,»^†$#
@#$†^»,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,»^†$#@
#@#$†^»,¨¨                                          ¨¨,»^†$#@#
##@#$†^»,¨                                          ¨,»^†$#@##