&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨ ¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &&¨¨¨¨&¨&&
&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨ &&&¨¨¨¨¨&&
&&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ &¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨
&&&¨¨&¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &&¨¨¨¨&¨&&
&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨ &&&¨¨¨¨¨&&
&&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ &¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨
&&&¨¨&¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨