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.^«;%$@#@@     .. FERRETS                           @@#@$%;«^.
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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @$;;;«^...
....^«%%$@ ^                                      ^ @$%%«^....
.^«;;%$$@@ ^ MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, ^ @@$$%;;«^.
......^;%@ . 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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...^«;;%$# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MARTEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #$%;;«^...
...^;;;$$# ^                                      ^ #$$;;;^...
^«;%$@#@## ^ THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, ^ ##@#@$%;«^
.....^;$#@ . OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  . @#$;^.....
....«%%@#@ . 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,    @@%««^....
.^«;%$@#@@   BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE    @@#@$%;«^.
.^«;%$@#@#   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       #@#@$%;«^.
.^«;%$$$@@   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 @@$$$%;«^.
.^«;%$@#@#   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       #@#@$%;«^.
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.^«;%$@#@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE HUSKY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@#@$%;«^.
.....^^;%@ ^                                      ^ @%;^^.....
...«««;$@# . THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   . #@$;«««...
......«%$@ . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     . @$%«......
.^«%$@#@##   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ##@#@$%«^.
...^^«%%$#   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     #$%%«^^...
.......«%@   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.      @@%«^.....
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