,~«^*%@@@# #@@@%*^«~,
,~«^*%@@## ##@@%*^«~,
,,,~~«**@# #@**«~~,,,
,~«^**%@@@ @@@%**^«~,
,~«^*%@@## ##@@%*^«~,
,,,«^*%%@@ ,, 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. @%%%*^^«~,
,,,,,~^*%@ @%*^~,,,,,
,~«^*%@@## ##@@%*^«~,
,,,,,~~^%@ @%^~~,,,,,
,~«^*%@@## ##@@%*^«~,
,~«^*%@@@# #@@@%*^«~,