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@#$††~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ ¨¨¨---~††††$$$#@@@####@@@#$$$††††~---¨¨¨ ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ you see something move in the corner of ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ your eye - probably one of these. ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ backbone animals. ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ cat-snakes, or so called. ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ comes in different flavours. ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ --------------- the mink --------------- ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ - - ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ - minks, also called the snow ferrets, - ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ ¨ make up the "wandering food supply" ¨ ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ used by the shamans and underlings ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ of kirugu vargir. when called upon, ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ they present themselves, and can be ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ caught. ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ -------------- the marten -------------- ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ - - ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ - the marten is the sneakier one here, - ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ often used for spying, or stealing. ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ ¨ in the older tales about vidmi, ¨ ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ these are probs the ferrets that she ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ was said to control. this connection ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ might explain why many denizens have ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ this as their main "pet" god. ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ -------------- the ermine -------------- ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ - - ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ - the lusher one in the family is the - ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ ¨ ermine. used as bedwarmers, or ¨ ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ the white coat, very pretty, ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ although rare. ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ --------------- the mewn --------------- ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ - - ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ ¨ one of the most notable in kirugu ¨ ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ ¨ lore, the otter ferret? it goes in ¨ ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ rivers. there are a lot of ferrets, ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ but for some reason, this otter one ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ is hardly ever seen. it might be ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ that it is unbound...? ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ locals use it for sport fishing. ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ --------------- the husky -------------- ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ - - ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ ¨ the husky may seem like a dog, but ¨ ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ ¨ it is actually a kind of ferret. ¨ ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ this makes it the largest of the ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ phylum, and it's the most recently ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ evolved as well, bred for use as a ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
$††~-¨¨¨¨¨ predator. it's made more dangerous ¨¨¨¨¨-~††$
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ by the fact that it's almost ¨¨¨¨-~††$#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ completely unknown to biologists. ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#@#$††~-¨¨ ¨¨-~††$#@#
##@#$††~-¨ ¨-~††$#@##
#@#$††~-¨¨ ¨¨-~††$#@#
@#$††~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~††$#@
#$††~-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-~††$#