....^~~$#@ @#$~~^....
..^^~~/$## ##$/~~^^..
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....^//$## ##$//^....
.^~/$$#@@@ @@@#$$/~^.
.^~/$$#@@# .. ferrets #@@#$$/~^.
.^~/$$#@## ##@#$$/~^.
.^~/$$#@@@ ...^^^~///$$$$#@@@@##@@@@#$$$$///~^^^... @@@#$$/~^.
..^^^~/$#@ @#$/~^^^..
.^~/$#@@## you see something move in the corner of ##@@#$/~^.
.^~//$$$## your eye - probably one of these. ##$$$//~^.
.^~/$$#@@# #@@#$$/~^.
.^~/$$#@@# backbone animals. #@@#$$/~^.
.^~/$$$$## cat-snakes, or so called. ##$$$$/~^.
.^~/$$#@@# 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. #@@#$$/~^.
...^^//$#@ @#$//^^...
.^~/$#@@## ##@@#$/~^.
.....~~/$@ @$/~~.....
.^~/$$#@@# #@@#$$/~^.
.^~/$$#@@# #@@#$$/~^.