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,,,,~«\*£¤ ,, Ferrets ¤£*\«~,,,,
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *\«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«\*£ ~ ~ £*\«~,,,,,
,,,,~«\*£¤ ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *\«~,,,,,,
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##¤£*\«~,,
,,,~«\*£¤# ~ ~ #¤£*\«~,,,
,,,,~«\*£¤ , 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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