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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ BACKBONE ANIMALS. ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~/ COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. /~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨~~/^$£@ ~ MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, ~ @£$^/~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~/^$£@# ¨ MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY" ¨ #@£$^/~~¨¨
¨~~/^$£@## ¨ USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS ¨ ##@£$^/~~¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨~~/^$ ¨ 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 ^/~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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