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¨¨¨~†§§*¶# ¨¨ ferrets #¶*§§†~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~†*¤¤ 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. ##¶¤*§†»~¨
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¨~»†§*¤¶## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ¶*†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~»†§*¤¶## ##¶¤*§†»~¨
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