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¨^~:§%@¶## ¨¨ FERRETS ##¶@%§:~^¨
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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 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 ##¶@%§:~^¨
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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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¨^~:§%@¶## ¨ 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. ¨ ###¶@§:~^¨
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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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