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..~/*@¤@## ##@¤@*/~..
..~/*@¤@@# #@@¤@*/~..
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..~/*@¤### .. 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. ##@¤@*/~..
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..~~~~/@@# ............... 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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