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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.                                ........~†
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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.          ....~†§£§#
##§£§†~...                                          ...~†§£§##
###§£§†~.. .............. 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.       ......~†§£
§£§†~.....                                          .....~†§£§
#§£§†~.... ............... 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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