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¨¨¨:;;**$¤ ¨¨ ferrets ¤$**;;:¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$¤ ::::::::::::::: the mink ::::::::::::::: ¤$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨«*$¤¶¶ : : ¶¶¤$*«¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨::;;;$¤ : minks, also called the snow ferrets, : ¤$;;;::¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«*¤¶ ¨ make up the "wandering food supply" ¨ ¶¤*«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨«;***$¶ ¨ used by the shamans and underlings ¨ ¶$***;«¨¨¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## of kirugu vargir. when called upon, ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## they present themselves, and can be ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$$¤¶¶ caught. ¶¶¤$$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨::::;*¤¶¶ :::::::::::::: 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. #¶¤**«:¨¨¨
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¨:««;;;*$¤ :::::::::::::: the ermine :::::::::::::: ¤$*;;;««:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## : : ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤### : the lusher one in the family is the : ###¤$*;«:¨
¨¨¨¨«**$¶¶ ¨ ermine. used as bedwarmers, or ¨ ¶¶$**«¨¨¨¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤### the white coat, very pretty, ###¤$*;«:¨
¨¨¨¨¨«;$¶# although rare. #¶$;«¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨¨¨::«*$¶# ::::::::::::::: the mewn ::::::::::::::: #¶$*«::¨¨¨
¨:«;*$¤### : : ###¤$*;«:¨
¨:«««**$$¶ ¨ one of the most notable in kirugu ¨ ¶$$**«««:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## ¨ lore, the otter ferret? it goes in ¨ ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶¶¶ rivers. there are a lot of ferrets, ¶¶¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## but for some reason, this otter one ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## is hardly ever seen. it might be ##¶¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤### that it is unbound...? ###¤$*;«:¨
¨:«;*$¤¶## locals use it for sport fishing. ##¶¤$*;«:¨
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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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