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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,    #&£%:«~,,,
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,,,~«:%£&# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MARTEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #&£%:«~,,,
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,,,,,~«:%£ ~ 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.          #&£%:«~,,,
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,,,,,~«:%£ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ERMINE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ £%:«~,,,,,
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,,,~«:%£&# ~ THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  ~ #&£%:«~,,,
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,~«:%£&### , 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   , ##&£%:«~,,
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,,,~«:%£&#   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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,,~«:%£&## , 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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