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...«^***@¶ .. ferrets ¶@***^«...
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..«^*@@¶## ......«^^^*@@@@¶¶¶####¶¶¶@@@@*^^^«...... ##¶@@*^«..
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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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..«^*@¶### ###¶@*^«..
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