##¶#$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$#¶##
##¶#$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$#¶##
##*~~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~~*##
####$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$####
¶###$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$###¶
##***/,,,,     ,, 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.     , ,,,,,~~**#
¶$/,,,,,,,   this makes it the largest of the       ,,,,,,,/$¶
##¶#$*/~,,   phylum, and it's the most recently     ,,~/*$#¶##
##¶#$*/~,,   evolved as well, bred for use as a     ,,~/*$#¶##
##¶#$*/~,,   predator. it's made more dangerous     ,,~/*$#¶##
#$/~~,,,,,   by the fact that it's almost           ,,,,,~~/$#
#¶¶#$*/~,,   completely unknown to biologists.      ,,~/*$#¶¶#
###¶#$*/,,                                          ,,/*$#¶###
#*~~~~~,,,                                          ,,,~~~~~*#
##¶#$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$#¶##
###¶#*/~,,                                          ,,~/*#¶###
#¶##$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$##¶#