¨--/%@§### ###§@%/--¨
¨--/%@§### ###§@%/--¨
¨¨¨---%@@# #@@%---¨¨¨
¨--/%@§### ###§@%/--¨
¨--/%@@§## ##§@@%/--¨
¨--/%@§### ¨¨ 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. §§%%%/-¨¨¨
¨--/%@§### ###§@%/--¨
¨¨----%%@# #@%%----¨¨
¨--/%@@§§§ §§§@@%/--¨
¨¨¨¨--%@§# #§@%--¨¨¨¨
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