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#@@£§%:--¨ cat-snakes, or so called. ¨--:%§£@@#
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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 ¨--:%§£@@@
#@@£§%:--¨ caught. ¨--:%§£@@#
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@£%--¨¨¨¨¨ - the marten is the sneakier one here, - ¨¨¨¨¨--%£@
@£%%:::--¨ ¨ often used for spying, or stealing. ¨ ¨--:::%%£@
@@@£§%:--¨ ¨ in the older tales about vidmi, ¨ ¨--:%§£@@@
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#@@£§%:--¨ was said to control. this connection ¨--:%§£@@#
#@@£§%:--¨ might explain why many denizens have ¨--:%§£@@#
#@@£§%:--¨ this as their main "pet" god. ¨--:%§£@@#
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£%:-----¨¨ - the lusher one in the family is the - ¨¨-----:%£
£%%:--¨¨¨¨ ¨ ermine. used as bedwarmers, or ¨ ¨¨¨¨--:%%£
#@@£§%:--¨ ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ ¨--:%§£@@#
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#@@£§%:--¨ 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 ¨--:%§£@@#
£§::--¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨--:%§£@@#
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#@@£§%:--¨ 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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