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##@#%*/~:¨ ¨:~/*%#@##
###@%*/~:¨ ¨¨ 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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