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,:~^†%§§§£                                          £§§§%†^~:,
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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.      §†^::,,,,,
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