§¨§¨§§§§§¨                                          §§¨§§§§§§¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§§¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§§§§§¨¨§¨¨     ¨¨ 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.      §§¨§§§§§§¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§§¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§§§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§§§§¨¨