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..,-==$###     .. FERRETS                           ###$==-,..
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..,-==$### YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF  ###$==-,..
...,-==$##    YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.     ##$==-,...
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.,-==$####            BACKBONE ANIMALS.             ####$==-,.
..,-==$###        CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.         ###$==-,..
...,-==$##       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       ##$==-,...
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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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..,-==$### ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, THE MARTEN ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ###$==-,..
...,-==$## ,                                      , ##$==-,...
..,-==$### , THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, , ###$==-,..
.,-==$#### . OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  . ####$==-,.
..,-==$### . IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      . ###$==-,..
...,-==$##   THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE   ##$==-,...
..,-==$###   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   ###$==-,..
.,-==$####   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   ####$==-,.
..,-==$###   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          ###$==-,..
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..,-==$### ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, THE ERMINE ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ###$==-,..
.,-==$#### ,                                      , ####$==-,.
..,-==$### , THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  , ###$==-,..
...,-==$## . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       . ##$==-,...
..,-==$### . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   . ###$==-,..
.,-==$####   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ####$==-,.
..,-==$###   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ###$==-,..
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..,-==$### ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, THE MEWN ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ###$==-,..
.,-==$#### ,                                      , ####$==-,.
..,-==$### . ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    . ###$==-,..
...,-==$## . LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   . ##$==-,...
..,-==$###   RIVERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FERRETS,    ###$==-,..
.,-==$####   BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE    ####$==-,.
..,-==$###   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       ###$==-,..
...,-==$##   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 ##$==-,...
..,-==$###   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       ###$==-,..
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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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