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######..## .. ferrets ######....
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..##..##.. ...:::«^^^^%%%#@@@####@@@#%%%^^^^«:::... ####......
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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. ##......##
.##....... #..####...
....###### :::::::::::::: 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. ###..####.
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