.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
...~«««*&¶                                          ¶&*«««~...
.~«=*%&&¶¶     .. Ferrets                           ¶¶&&%*=«~.
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
...~~=%%¶# ...~~~«===*%%%&¶¶¶####¶¶¶&%%%*===«~~~... #¶%%=~~...
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
....~~=*&¶  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.      ###&%*=«~.
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
......«*%¶                                          ¶%*«......
.~«=*&¶###                                          ###¶&*=«~.
.~«=*%&&&¶                                          ¶&&&%*=«~.
...~=**&¶#                                          #¶&**=~...