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.,,,,,,,,, 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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#@£$†/~.,, . MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, . ,,.~/†$£@#
@£$†/~.,,, , MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  , ,,,.~/†$£@
£$†/~.,,,, , USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS   , ,,,,.~/†$£
$†/~.,,,,,   OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON,    ,,,,,.~/†$
†/~.,,,,,,   THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE    ,,,,,,.~/†
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.,,,,,,,,, .............. THE MARTEN .............. ,,,,,,,,,.
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/~.,,,,,,, . 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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@£$†/~.,,, .............. THE ERMINE .............. ,,,.~/†$£@
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$†/~.,,,,, . THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  . ,,,,,.~/†$
†/~.,,,,,, , ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       , ,,,,,,.~/†
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~.,,,,,,,,   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           ,,,,,,,,.~
.,,,,,,,,,   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ,,,,,,,,,.
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$†/~.,,,,, , ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    , ,,,,,.~/†$
£$†/~.,,,, , LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   , ,,,,.~/†$£
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##@£$†/~.,   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       ,.~/†$£@##
#@£$†/~.,,   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 ,,.~/†$£@#
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~.,,,,,,,, , IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     , ,,,,,,,,.~
.,,,,,,,,,   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ,,,,,,,,,.
~.,,,,,,,,   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     ,,,,,,,,.~
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†/~.,,,,,,   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     ,,,,,,.~/†
$†/~.,,,,,   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           ,,,,,.~/†$
£$†/~.,,,,   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ,,,,.~/†$£
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