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#§§§==--¨¨ YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ¨¨--==§§§#
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####§§\=-¨ BACKBONE ANIMALS. ¨-=\§§####
###§§§\=-¨ CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED. ¨-=\§§§###
§§§§§§\=-¨ COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS. ¨-=\§§§§§§
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###§§§\=-¨ ¨ MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY" ¨ ¨-=\§§§###
###§§§\=-¨ ¨ USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS ¨ ¨-=\§§§###
##§§=¨¨¨¨¨ OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON, ¨¨¨¨¨=§§##
###§§§\=-¨ THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE ¨-=\§§§###
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###§§§\=-¨ - 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. ¨-=\§§§§§#
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§§==-¨¨¨¨¨ -------------- THE ERMINE -------------- ¨¨¨¨¨-==§§
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§§§\====-¨ ¨ ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR ¨ ¨-====\§§§
###§§§\=-¨ ¨ HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR, ¨ ¨-=\§§§###
###§§§\=-¨ THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY, ¨-=\§§§###
#§§\---¨¨¨ ALTHOUGH RARE. ¨¨¨---\§§#
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###§§§\=-¨ --------------- THE MEWN --------------- ¨-=\§§§###
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##§§§§\=-¨ ¨ ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU ¨ ¨-=\§§§§##
###§§§\=-¨ ¨ LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN ¨ ¨-=\§§§###
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#§§§§\\=-¨ BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE ¨-=\\§§§§#
#§§§\=---¨ IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE ¨---=\§§§#
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###§§§\=-¨ ¨ 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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