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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ 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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