###§&†^-~. .~-^†&§###
#&&^^^^-~. .~-^^^^&&#
###§&†^-~. .~-^†&§###
###§&†^-~. .~-^†&§###
###§&†^-~. .~-^†&§###
§§§†††^-~. .. 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. .~-^†&§###
§†^^~..... .....~^^†§
##§&^~.... ....~^&§##
#§§†---... ...---†§§#
§&^^-~~... ...~~-^^&§
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