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##¶¤*†\~,¨ BACKBONE ANIMALS. ¨,~\†*¤¶##
##¶¤*†\~,¨ CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. ¨,~\†*¤¶##
##¶¤*†\~,¨ COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. ¨,~\†*¤¶##
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¤**\\~,¨¨¨ ¨ MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY" ¨ ¨¨¨,~\\**¤
##¶¤*†\~,¨ ¨ USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS ¨ ¨,~\†*¤¶##
#¤**††\~,¨ OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON, ¨,~\††**¤#
¶¤†~¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†¤¶
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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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##¶¤*†\~,¨ ¨ ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR ¨ ¨,~\†*¤¶##
¶****†\~,¨ ¨ HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR, ¨ ¨,~\†****¶
¤¤†\,,¨¨¨¨ THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY, ¨¨¨¨,,\†¤¤
¶¶¤¤*†\~,¨ ALTHOUGH RARE. ¨,~\†*¤¤¶¶
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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 ¨,~\†*¤¶##
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##¶¤*†\~,¨ LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING. ¨,~\†*¤¶##
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¶¤¤¤*†\~,¨ ¨ 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 ¨¨¨~~†**¤¤
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