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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»
/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/
§/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ::::::::::::::: 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/
§/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/§
$§/»:¨¨¨¨¨ :::::::::::::: the ermine :::::::::::::: ¨¨¨¨¨:»/§$
#$§/»:¨¨¨¨ : : ¨¨¨¨:»/§$#
##$§/»:¨¨¨ : the lusher one in the family is the : ¨¨¨:»/§$##
###$§/»:¨¨ ¨ ermine. used as bedwarmers, or ¨ ¨¨:»/§$###
####$§/»:¨ ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ ¨:»/§$####
###$§/»:¨¨ the white coat, very pretty, ¨¨:»/§$###
##$§/»:¨¨¨ although rare. ¨¨¨:»/§$##
#$§/»:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:»/§$#
$§/»:¨¨¨¨¨ ::::::::::::::: the mewn ::::::::::::::: ¨¨¨¨¨:»/§$
§/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨ : : ¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/§
/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/
§/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/§
$§/»:¨¨¨¨¨ ::::::::::::::: the husky :::::::::::::: ¨¨¨¨¨:»/§$
#$§/»:¨¨¨¨ : : ¨¨¨¨:»/§$#
##$§/»:¨¨¨ ¨ the husky may seem like a dog, but ¨ ¨¨¨:»/§$##
###$§/»:¨¨ ¨ it is actually a kind of ferret. ¨ ¨¨:»/§$###
####$§/»:¨ this makes it the largest of the ¨:»/§$####
###$§/»:¨¨ phylum, and it's the most recently ¨¨:»/§$###
##$§/»:¨¨¨ evolved as well, bred for use as a ¨¨¨:»/§$##
#$§/»:¨¨¨¨ predator. it's made more dangerous ¨¨¨¨:»/§$#
$§/»:¨¨¨¨¨ by the fact that it's almost ¨¨¨¨¨:»/§$
§/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨ completely unknown to biologists. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/§
/»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»/
»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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