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-:........ you see something move in the corner of ........:-
†-:....... 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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#§£^†-:... : 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. ........:-
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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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##§£^†-:.. :::::::::::::: the ermine :::::::::::::: ..:-†^£§##
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##§£^†-:.. : 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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