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,,,»»^^@¶@ ,, ferrets @¶@^^»»,,,
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,,,,,,»»^@ 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. ¶¶@@^^\».,
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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. #@¶@@^\».,
,,,»\\^@¶@ @¶@^\\»,,,
,.»\^@@¶@# ............... 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. @@^\.,,,,,
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