¨¨¨¨¨^~†§§ §§†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§ §†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~† †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ ¨¨ 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. #@§§†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†§§@ @§§†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†§§ §§†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§ §†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~† †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨