@#@¤%==~¨¨ ¨¨~==%¤@#@
#@#@¤%==~¨ ¨~==%¤@#@#
@#@¤%==~¨¨ ¨¨~==%¤@#@
#@¤%==~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~==%¤@#
@¤%==~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~==%¤@
¤%==~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ 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. ¨¨~==%¤@#@
#@¤%==~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~==%¤@#
@¤%==~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~==%¤@
¤%==~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~==%¤
%==~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~==%
¤%==~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~==%¤