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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. @@@@@*:~~¨
¨~~:*@@@@@ @@@@@*:~~¨
¨¨~~~~:@@@ @@@:~~~~¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~*@@ @@*~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~:@@@@ @@@@:~¨¨¨¨
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