...~*$*### ###*$*~...
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......~*$* *$*~......
.....~*$*# #*$*~.....
....~*$*## .. Ferrets ##*$*~....
...~*$*### ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### ......~***$***############***$***~...... ####*$*~..
...~*$*### ###*$*~...
....~*$*## You See Something Move In The Corner Of ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# Your Eye - Probably One Of These. #*$*~.....
......~*$* *$*~......
.....~*$*# Backbone Animals. #*$*~.....
....~*$*## Cat-Snakes, Or So Called. ##*$*~....
...~*$*### Comes In Different Flavours. ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### ####*$*~..
...~*$*### ............... The Mink ............... ###*$*~...
....~*$*## . . ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# . Minks, Also Called The Snow Ferrets, . #*$*~.....
......~*$* . Make Up The "Wandering Food Supply" . *$*~......
.....~*$*# . Used By The Shamans And Underlings . #*$*~.....
....~*$*## Of Kirugu vargir. When Called Upon, ##*$*~....
...~*$*### They Present Themselves, And Can Be ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### Caught. ####*$*~..
...~*$*### ###*$*~...
....~*$*## .............. The Marten .............. ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# . . #*$*~.....
......~*$* . The Marten Is The Sneakier One Here, . *$*~......
.....~*$*# . Often Used For Spying, Or Stealing. . #*$*~.....
....~*$*## . In The Older Tales About Vidmi, . ##*$*~....
...~*$*### These Are Probs The Ferrets That She ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### Was Said To Control. This Connection ####*$*~..
...~*$*### Might Explain Why Many Denizens Have ###*$*~...
....~*$*## This As Their Main "Pet" God. ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# #*$*~.....
......~*$* .............. The Ermine .............. *$*~......
.....~*$*# . . #*$*~.....
....~*$*## . The Lusher One In The Family Is The . ##*$*~....
...~*$*### . Ermine. Used As Bedwarmers, Or . ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### . Harvested For Their Beautiful Fur, . ####*$*~..
...~*$*### The White Coat, Very Pretty, ###*$*~...
....~*$*## Although Rare. ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# #*$*~.....
......~*$* ............... The Mewn ............... *$*~......
.....~*$*# . . #*$*~.....
....~*$*## . One Of The Most Notable In Kirugu . ##*$*~....
...~*$*### . Lore, The Otter Ferret? It Goes In . ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### RiverS. There Are A Lot Of Ferrets, ####*$*~..
...~*$*### But For Some Reason, This Otter One ###*$*~...
....~*$*## Is Hardly Ever Seen. It Might Be ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# That It Is Unbound...? #*$*~.....
......~*$* Locals Use It For Sport Fishing. *$*~......
.....~*$*# #*$*~.....
....~*$*## ............... The Husky .............. ##*$*~....
...~*$*### . . ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### . The Husky May Seem Like A Dog, But . ####*$*~..
...~*$*### . It Is Actually A Kind Of Ferret. . ###*$*~...
....~*$*## This Makes It The Largest Of The ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# Phylum, And It'S The Most Recently #*$*~.....
......~*$* Evolved As Well, Bred For Use As A *$*~......
.....~*$*# Predator. It'S Made More Dangerous #*$*~.....
....~*$*## By The Fact That It'S Almost ##*$*~....
...~*$*### Completely Unknown To BiologistS. ###*$*~...
..~*$*#### ####*$*~..
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....~*$*## ##*$*~....
.....~*$*# #*$*~.....
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