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&..&..&.&. you see something move in the corner of ..&.&&....
&&.&&.&&&& your eye - probably one of these. &.&&&.&...
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&&&.&&.&.. backbone animals. ...&.&..&.
&..&&.&&&. cat-snakes, or so called. &..&&&&.&&
.&.&.&&..& comes in different flavours. .&.&...&&.
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&&....&&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. &.&.&&..&.
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..&&&&&... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. .&.&....&&
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&&&.&..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ...&&..&&.
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&&&&&.&&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ..&&.&.&&.
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..&..&.&.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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