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¶§@@:.¨¨¨¨ BACKBONE ANIMALS. ¨¨¨¨.:@@§¶
§%%:~~.¨¨¨ CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. ¨¨¨.~~:%%§
#¶§@%:.¨¨¨ COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. ¨¨¨.:%@§¶#
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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 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 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 ¨¨¨~::%§¶¶
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##¶§@%:~.¨ LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING. ¨.~:%@§¶##
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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 ¨.~:%@§¶##
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##¶§@%:~.¨ BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST ¨.~:%@§¶##
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