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.^«†*$#@##                                          ##@#$*†«^.
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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   ##**«^....
.^«†*$#@##   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          ##@#$*†«^.
....^«††$@                                          @$††«^....
.^«†*$#@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE ERMINE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@#$*†«^.
.^«†*$#@## ^                                      ^ ##@#$*†«^.
.^«†*$#@## ^ THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  ^ ##@#$*†«^.
.....^†*$@ . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       . @$*†^.....
.^«†*$#@## . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   . ##@#$*†«^.
.^«†*$####   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ####$*†«^.
.^«†*$#@##   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ##@#$*†«^.
.^«†*$#@##                                          ##@#$*†«^.
...^^^†$@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MEWN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@$†^^^...
.^«†*$#@## ^                                      ^ ##@#$*†«^.
.^«†*$#@## . ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    . ##@#$*†«^.
.^«†$#@### . LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   . ###@#$†«^.
.^«†††*#@@   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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