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