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#£§$:~,¨¨¨     ¨¨ ferrets                           ¨¨¨,~:$§£#
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$:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:$
:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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