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§§==†..... .....†==§§
#@#§¤=†~.. ..~†=¤§#@#
§=†....... .. FERRETS .......†=§
§¤†....... .......†¤§
##@§¤=†~.. ......~†††=¤¤¤§###@##@###§¤¤¤=†††~...... ..~†=¤§@##
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@§§¤¤=†~.. 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. ..~†=¤§#@@
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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 ..~†=¤§#@#
§==~~..... BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST .....~~==§
@#¤=~..... COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS. .....~=¤#@
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