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#&††-,,¨¨¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨¨¨,,-††
&†--¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨--†&
#&&&@†\-,¨ ¨¨¨,,,-\\\†@@@#########&@@@†\\\-,,,¨¨¨ ¨,-\†@&&
#@†\\,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,\\†@#
&@@\,¨¨¨¨¨ you see something move in the corner of ¨¨¨¨¨,\@@&
###&@†\-,¨ your eye - probably one of these. ¨,-\†@##
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###&@†\-,¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨-\\@
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###&@†\-,¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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. ¨,-\††@&&&
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#&†-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the mewn ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¨¨¨¨¨¨-†
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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. ¨,-\†@##
#@@\,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,\@@#
###&@†\-,¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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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#@@\,,,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,,,\@@#
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&@\--,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,--\@&
&&&@@†\-,¨ ¨,-\†@@&&&