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.,~\*¤&£@# #@£&¤*\~,.
..,,~~~**& .. ferrets &**~~~,,..
.,~\*¤&£@# #@£&¤*\~,.
.,~\*¤&£## ...,,,~\\\*¤¤¤&£££@##@£££&¤¤¤*\\\~,,,... ##£&¤*\~,.
.....~***& &***~.....
.,~\\\\*¤£ 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. &¤**~~....
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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. @&¤¤*\,...
.,~\*¤&£@# #@£&¤*\~,.
.....~\¤¤£ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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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