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#@#£$$†~,,       comes in different flavours.       ,,~†$$£#@#
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#@#£$$†~,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the mink ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,~†$$£#@#
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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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#@#£$$†~,, , the marten is the sneakier one here, , ,,~†$$£#@#
@£$††††~,, , often used for spying, or stealing.  , ,,~††††$£@
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#@#£$$†~,,   was said to control. this connection   ,,~†$$£#@#
#@#£$$†~,,   might explain why many denizens have   ,,~†$$£#@#
#£$††~~,,,   this as their main "pet" god.          ,,,~~††$£#
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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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@#££$$†~,, , one of the most notable in kirugu    , ,,~†$$££#@
###£$$†~,, , lore, the otter ferret? it goes in   , ,,~†$$£###
###£$$†~,,   rivers. there are a lot of ferrets,    ,,~†$$£###
#@#£$$†~,,   but for some reason, this otter one    ,,~†$$£#@#
@£$$$~,,,,   is hardly ever seen. it might be       ,,,,~$$$£@
££$$$~,,,,   that it is unbound...?                 ,,,,~$$$££
##@#£$†~,,   locals use it for sport fishing.       ,,~†$£#@##
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@#£$$~,,,, , the husky may seem like a dog, but   , ,,,,~$$£#@
#@#£$$†~,, , it is actually a kind of ferret.     , ,,~†$$£#@#
#$$†††,,,,   this makes it the largest of the       ,,,,†††$$#
##@£$$†~,,   phylum, and it's the most recently     ,,~†$$£@##
@£$†~,,,,,   evolved as well, bred for use as a     ,,,,,~†$£@
@£$$~~~,,,   predator. it's made more dangerous     ,,,~~~$$£@
£$††~,,,,,   by the fact that it's almost           ,,,,,~††$£
#@#£$$†~,,   completely unknown to biologists.      ,,~†$$£#@#
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