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#@$=~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨¨¨¨¨~=$@#
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###@$^=~~¨ your eye - probably one of these. ¨~~=^$@###
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#^^=~~¨¨¨¨ backbone animals. ¨¨¨¨~~=^^#
##@#$^=~~¨ cat-snakes, or so called. ¨~~=^$#@##
##@#$^=~~¨ comes in different flavours. ¨~~=^$#@##
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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=^#
##$^==~~¨¨ they present themselves, and can be ¨¨~~==^$##
##@#$^=~~¨ caught. ¨~~=^$#@##
##@#$^=~~¨ ¨~~=^$#@##
#$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the marten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$#
#@#$^^=~~¨ ~ ~ ¨~~=^^$#@#
###@$^=~~¨ ~ the marten is the sneakier one here, ~ ¨~~=^$@###
##@#$^=~~¨ ¨ often used for spying, or stealing. ¨ ¨~~=^$#@##
#^===~¨¨¨¨ ¨ in the older tales about vidmi, ¨ ¨¨¨¨~===^#
@###$^=~~¨ these are probs the ferrets that she ¨~~=^$###@
###@#$=~~¨ was said to control. this connection ¨~~=$#@###
#$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ might explain why many denizens have ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$#
@@@#$^=~~¨ this as their main "pet" god. ¨~~=^$#@@@
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###^^~~~~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the ermine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~~~~^^###
##$=~~¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨~~=$##
#^=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ the lusher one in the family is the ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=^#
##@#$^=~~¨ ¨ ermine. used as bedwarmers, or ¨ ¨~~=^$#@##
###@#^=~~¨ ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ ¨~~=^#@###
##@#$^=~~¨ the white coat, very pretty, ¨~~=^$#@##
@@$^~~~¨¨¨ although rare. ¨¨¨~~~^$@@
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#$$$=~~~~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mewn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~~~~=$$$#
##@#$^=~~¨ ~ ~ ¨~~=^$#@##
####$^=~~¨ ¨ one of the most notable in kirugu ¨ ¨~~=^$####
@@#^~~¨¨¨¨ ¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=^#
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##@#$^=~~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the husky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~~=^$#@##
#$$==~¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨~==$$#
@$^~~~¨¨¨¨ ¨ the husky may seem like a dog, but ¨ ¨¨¨¨~~~^$@
##@#$^=~~¨ ¨ it is actually a kind of ferret. ¨ ¨~~=^$#@##
#$=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ this makes it the largest of the ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=$#
##@#$^=~~¨ phylum, and it's the most recently ¨~~=^$#@##
##@#$^=~~¨ evolved as well, bred for use as a ¨~~=^$#@##
##@#$^=~~¨ predator. it's made more dangerous ¨~~=^$#@##
##@#$^=~~¨ by the fact that it's almost ¨~~=^$#@##
##@#$^=~~¨ completely unknown to biologists. ¨~~=^$#@##
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