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##@¶$*=~:¨ BACKBONE ANIMALS. ¨:~=*$¶@##
¶$=~:¨¨¨¨¨ CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. ¨¨¨¨¨:~=$¶
#@¶¤$*=~:¨ COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
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#@¶¤$*=~:¨ : MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, : ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
¶¶¤*~~¨¨¨¨ ¨ MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY" ¨ ¨¨¨¨~~*¤¶¶
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#@¶¤$*=~:¨ OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON, ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
##@¤$*=~:¨ THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE ¨:~=*$¤@##
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#@¶¤$*=~:¨ :::::::::::::: THE MARTEN :::::::::::::: ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
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¶¶¤$===~:¨ : THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, : ¨:~===$¤¶¶
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¤¤**=:¨¨¨¨ ¨ IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI, ¨ ¨¨¨¨:=**¤¤
#@¶¤$*=~:¨ THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
¶$=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=$¶
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##@¶$*=~:¨ THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD. ¨:~=*$¶@##
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#@¶¤$*=~:¨ ¨ LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN ¨ ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
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##@¶$*=~:¨ BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE ¨:~=*$¶@##
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¤$*=~¨¨¨¨¨ THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE ¨¨¨¨¨~=*$¤
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#@¶¤$*=~:¨ EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$*=~:¨ PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$*=~:¨ BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST ¨:~=*$¤¶@#
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