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.:-;%$##@#    YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.     #@##$%;-:.
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...:-;%$##             BACKBONE ANIMALS.            ##$%;-:...
....:-;%$#         CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.        #$%;-:....
.....:-;%$       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       $%;-:.....
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.......:-; ::::::::::::::: THE MINK ::::::::::::::: ;-:.......
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.....:-;%$ : 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    #@##$%;-:.
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......:-;% : THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, : %;-:......
.......:-; . OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  . ;-:.......
......:-;% . IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      . %;-:......
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....:-;%$#   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   #$%;-:....
...:-;%$##   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   ##$%;-:...
..:-;%$##@   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          @##$%;-:..
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..:-;%$##@ :::::::::::::: THE ERMINE :::::::::::::: @##$%;-:..
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....:-;%$# : THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  : #$%;-:....
.....:-;%$ . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       . $%;-:.....
......:-;% . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   . %;-:......
.......:-;   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ;-:.......
......:-;%   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         %;-:......
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....:-;%$# ::::::::::::::: THE MEWN ::::::::::::::: #$%;-:....
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..:-;%$##@ . 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...?                 $%;-:.....
......:-;%   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       %;-:......
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......:-;% ::::::::::::::: THE HUSKY :::::::::::::: %;-:......
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....:-;%$# . THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   . #$%;-:....
...:-;%$## . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     . ##$%;-:...
..:-;%$##@   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       @##$%;-:..
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...:-;%$##   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     ##$%;-:...
....:-;%$#   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           #$%;-:....
.....:-;%$   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      $%;-:.....
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