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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.                                #¤¤¤^==«:.
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.:««==¤¤¤¤ :::::::::::::: THE MARTEN :::::::::::::: ¤¤¤¤==««:.
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.:«=^¤¤### : 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 :::::::::::::: ###¤¤^=«:.
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.:«=^¤¤### : 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 ::::::::::::::: #¤==«.....
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....«==¤¤# . 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 :::::::::::::: ###¤¤^=«:.
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....:=^¤## . 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     ###¤¤^=«:.
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.:«=^¤¤###   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     ###¤¤^=«:.
.:«=^¤¤###   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           ###¤¤^=«:.
.:«=^¤¤###   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ###¤¤^=«:.
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