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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. ##¶@¤%^«^,
,^«^%¤@¶## ##¶@¤%^«^,
,,^^^«^¤¶¶ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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