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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. &,,,&&&,,&
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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,&,&&,,,,&
&,,,,,&&&, ^ ^ ,,,&&&,,,,
,&,,,,&,&& , 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 ,,,,&,,,,&
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,&&&,,,,&, completely unknown to biologists. ,,,,,,&,,,
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