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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.       ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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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.                                ¨¨:~^%%££#
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£%%^~:¨¨¨¨ :::::::::::::: 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.                         ¨¨¨¨:~^%%£
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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.       ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ::::::::::::::: 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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