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..........     .. ferrets                           ..........
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......,«\§  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.                                ..........
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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.          @@#§§\«,..
.,«\§§#@@#                                          #@@#§§\«,.
..,«\§§#@@ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..........
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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,    «,........
.......,«\   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.      ,.........
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