....---=¤@ @¤=---....
.~-^$¤¶@## ##@¶¤$^-~.
...~-^==¤@ @¤==^-~...
.~-^=$¤@## ##@¤$=^-~.
.~-^=$¤¶¶@ @¶¶¤$=^-~.
.....-^$$¤ .. ferrets ¤$$^-.....
.~-^=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=^-~.
.~-^=$¤¶@@ ...~~~-^^^=$$$¤¶¶¶@##@¶¶¶¤$$$=^^^-~~~... @@¶¤$=^-~.
.~-^=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=^-~.
....~^$¤¶¶ you see something move in the corner of ¶¶¤$^~....
...-^=$$¤@ your eye - probably one of these. @¤$$=^-...
.~~-^===¤¶ ¶¤===^-~~.
......~^$¤ backbone animals. ¤$^~......
.~-^=$$$¤¤ cat-snakes, or so called. ¤¤$$$=^-~.
....~^^$¤@ comes in different flavours. @¤$^^~....
.~-^^^$$¶¶ ¶¶$$^^^-~.
....~^==¤¶ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ¤==^-~~~~.
.~-^=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=^-~.
.~-^=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=^-~.
.~-^=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=^-~.
.~-^=$¤¶¶@ @¶¶¤$=^-~.
.~-^=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=^-~.