¨-~\*@§@## ##@§@*\~-¨
¨¨¨¨~*@§§§ §§§@*~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~*§@ @§*~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~\*@§@@# #@@§@*\~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨~*@@@ @@@*~¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~\*@§@@# ¨¨ 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. @@@§@*\~-¨
¨-~\*@§@## ##@§@*\~-¨
¨-~\*@@§@@ @@§@@*\~-¨
¨-~\*@§@@# #@@§@*\~-¨
¨-~\*@§@@@ @@@§@*\~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~*§@ @§*~-¨¨¨¨¨