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,,,,&&&&,, ,, ferrets ,,&,,&,&,,
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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. ,&&,&,&&,&
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&,,&&&&,&, --------------- 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. &,&,,&&&,&
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,&&&&&&&&& -------------- 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. ,&,&,&,,&,
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