¨¨~=^§@#@# #@#@§^=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=^§@#@ @#@§^=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=^§@# #@§^=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=^§@ @§^=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=^§ §^=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=^§@ ¨¨ 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. #@§^=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=^§@ @§^=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=^§ §^=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=^§@ @§^=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=^§@# #@§^=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=^§@#@ @#@§^=~¨¨¨