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.^«*%£####             backbone animals.            ####£%*«^.
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.^«*%£#### . 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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.^««**££## . often used for spying, or stealing.  . ##££**««^.
.^«*%£#### . in the older tales about vidmi,      . ####£%*«^.
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.....«%£##   was said to control. this connection   ##£%«.....
.^«*%£####   might explain why many denizens have   ####£%*«^.
.^«*%£####   this as their main "pet" god.          ####£%*«^.
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....««*%## . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or       . ##%*««....
.^«*%£#### . harvested for their beautiful fur,   . ####£%*«^.
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.^«*%£####   although rare.                         ####£%*«^.
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.^«*%£#### . 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.       ####£%*«^.
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.^««**££## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the husky ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##££**««^.
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....^*££## . 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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