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,,,..;†%¤¤                                          ¤¤%†;..,,,
,.~;†%¤###                                          ###¤%†;~.,
,,,.~††††¤     ,, 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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