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%†-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-†%
†-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-†
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~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-†%
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#@%†-~¨¨¨¨ ~ 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. ¨¨¨¨~-†%@#
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%†-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ERMINE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-†%
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-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-†%
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#@%†-~¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HUSKY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~-†%@#
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###@%†-~¨¨ ¨ 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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