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,-~\=%%%#@ ,, ferrets @#%%%=\~-,
,-~\=%&&&@ @&&&%=\~-,
,-~\=%&#@# ,,,---~\\\=%%%&###@##@###&%%%=\\\~---,,, #@#&%=\~-,
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,-~\=%&#@# 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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