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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 ::::::::::::::: ........:~
†~:....... :                                      : .......:~†
=†~:...... . 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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