,.-/^%@### ###@%^/-.,
,.-///%@@# #@@%///-.,
,.-/^%@### ###@%^/-.,
,.-/^^^@@@ @@@^^^/-.,
,,,,,,-/%# #%/-,,,,,,
,..-///^@@ ,, 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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,.-/^%@### ###@%^/-.,