@#@£*^=^,,                                          ,,^=^*£@#@
#@#@£*^=^,                                          ,^=^*£@#@#
@#@£*^=^,,                                          ,,^=^*£@#@
#@£*^=^,,,                                          ,,,^=^*£@#
@£*^=^,,,,                                          ,,,,^=^*£@
£*^=^,,,,,     ,, 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.       ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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