¨¨#¨##¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨###
#¨¨¨###¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨#
##¨¨#¨##¨¨ ¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
¨##¨¨¨###¨ ¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#
¨###¨¨#¨## #¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨#¨##¨¨¨## ¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨###
#¨¨¨###¨¨# #¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨#
##¨¨#¨##¨¨ ¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
¨##¨¨¨###¨ ¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#
¨###¨¨#¨## #¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨#¨##¨¨¨## ¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨