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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. ###@§=^~.,
,.~^=§@### ###@§=^~.,
,.~^=§@### ............... 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. @=~,,,,,,,
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,.~^=§@### .............. 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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