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......:«\$     .. FERRETS                           $\«:......
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....:«\$$@ ...:::«\\\$$$$@¶¶¶####¶¶¶@$$$$\\\«:::... @$$\«:....
...:«\$$@¶                                          ¶@$$\«:...
..:«\$$@¶#  YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF #¶@$$\«:..
.:«\$$@¶##     YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.    ##¶@$$\«:.
..:«\$$@¶#                                          #¶@$$\«:..
...:«\$$@¶            BACKBONE ANIMALS.             ¶@$$\«:...
....:«\$$@        CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.         @$$\«:....
.....:«\$$       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       $$\«:.....
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.......:«\ ::::::::::::::: THE MINK ::::::::::::::: \«:.......
........:« :                                      : «:........
.........: : MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, : :.........
.......... . MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  . ..........
.........: . USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS   . :.........
........:«   OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON,    «:........
.......:«\   THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE    \«:.......
......:«\$   CAUGHT.                                $\«:......
.....:«\$$                                          $$\«:.....
....:«\$$@ :::::::::::::: 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.          $\«:......
.......:«\                                          \«:.......
........:« :::::::::::::: 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...?                 $$\«:.....
......:«\$   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       $\«:......
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........:« ::::::::::::::: THE HUSKY :::::::::::::: «:........
.........: :                                      : :.........
.......... . THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   . ..........
.........: . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     . :.........
........:«   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       «:........
.......:«\   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     \«:.......
......:«\$   EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A     $\«:......
.....:«\$$   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     $$\«:.....
....:«\$$@   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           @$$\«:....
...:«\$$@¶   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ¶@$$\«:...
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