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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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