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.#.#.#.#.. ...^^^~///*@@@#£££####£££#@@@*///~^^^... .##.#.#.##
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.#.#.#.#.. YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF  .##.#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.#     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    ..#.#.#..#
.#.#.#.#..   CAUGHT.                                .##.#.#.##
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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,      . .##.#.#.##
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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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.#.#.#.#.. . 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       .##.#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.#   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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