#@@#$††=^. .^=††$#@@#
#@@#$††=^. .^=††$#@@#
##@@#††=^. .^=††#@@##
@#$††===^. .^===††$#@
@@$††=.... ....=††$@@
@@@#$††=^. .. ferrets .^=††$#@@@
@@$†==.... ....==†$@@
##@#$††=^. ...^^^=††††$$$#@@@@##@@@@#$$$††††=^^^... .^=††$#@##
#$†^^^.... ....^^^†$#
#@@#$††=^. 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, . ....=†††##
##@#$††=^. these are probs the ferrets that she .^=††$#@##
##@#$††=^. was said to control. this connection .^=††$#@##
@$†==^.... might explain why many denizens have ....^==†$@
@@@#$††=^. this as their main "pet" god. .^=††$#@@@
@$†††^^^.. ..^^^†††$@
##@#$††=^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the ermine ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^=††$#@##
#†==^..... ^ ^ .....^==†#
@@##$††=^. ^ the lusher one in the family is the ^ .^=††$##@@
##@@#$††^. . ermine. used as bedwarmers, or . .^††$#@@##
#†===..... . 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 ......=†#@
@@$††^.... by the fact that it's almost ....^††$@@
#@@#$††=^. completely unknown to biologists. .^=††$#@@#
@@$††^.... ....^††$@@
#@@#$††=^. .^=††$#@@#
#$†=^^.... ....^^=†$#
##$$†===^. .^===†$$##
@#$††††=^. .^=††††$#@