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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.       §§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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.      ¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§§¨§§§§¨§
§§§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨¨¨§§§¨§§¨                                          ¨§§§¨§§§¨§
¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§§§