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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###@£%%*-^
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..^-*%%£@# ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@£%%*-^.
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.^-*%%£@## ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@£%%*-^.
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.^-*%%£@## ^ 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,    ##@£%%*-^.
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.^-*%%£@##   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       ##@£%%*-^.
..^-*%%£@#   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 #@£%%*-^..
.^-*%%£@##   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       ##@£%%*-^.
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.^-*%%£@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE HUSKY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@£%%*-^.
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.^-*%%£@## . 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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