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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. ##@&&**«.,
,,.«**&&@# #@&&**«.,,
,.«**&&@## ............... 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. ##@&&**«.,
,,.«**&&@# #@&&**«.,,
,.«**&&@## ##@&&**«.,
,,.«**&&@# #@&&**«.,,
,.«**&&@## ##@&&**«.,
,,.«**&&@# #@&&**«.,,