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¨~~\%*¤£## backbone animals. ##£¤*%\~~¨
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¨~~\%*¤£## comes in different flavours. ##£¤*%\~~¨
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¨~~\%*¤£## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mink ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##£¤*%\~~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~\%¤# ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##£¤*%\~~¨
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¨~~\%*¤£## ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###£¤*%\~¨
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¨~~\%*¤£## ¨ ermine. used as bedwarmers, or ¨ ##£¤*%\~~¨
¨~~\%*¤£## ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ ##£¤*%\~~¨
¨~~\%*¤£## the white coat, very pretty, ##£¤*%\~~¨
¨~~\%*£### although rare. ###£*%\~~¨
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¨~~\%*¤£## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mewn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##£¤*%\~~¨
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¨~~\%*¤£## ¨ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ £££¤*%\~~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~\*¤ ¨ 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 ¤*\\~¨¨¨¨¨
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