.~«^*@@@ @@@#&*^«~.
.~«^*@@# #@@#&*^«~.
.~«^*@@# #@@#&*^«~.
.~«^*@@# #@@#&*^«~.
.~~~«*## ###&*«~~~.
.~«^*@@# .. 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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