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#@&%†\~...                                          ...~\†%&@#
@&%†\~....     .. FERRETS                           ....~\†%&@
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%†\~...... ......~\\\†%%%&@@@@##@@@@&%%%†\\\~...... ......~\†%
†\~.......                                          .......~\†
\~........  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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