,,,,,^«=†$                                          $†=«^,,,,,
,,,,^«=†$&                                          &$†=«^,,,,
,,,^«=†$&¶                                          ¶&$†=«^,,,
,,^«=†$&¶#                                          #¶&$†=«^,,
,^«=†$&¶##                                          ##¶&$†=«^,
,,^«=†$&¶#     ,, 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.      ¶&$†=«^,,,
,,^«=†$&¶#                                          #¶&$†=«^,,
,^«=†$&¶##                                          ##¶&$†=«^,
,,^«=†$&¶#                                          #¶&$†=«^,,
,,,^«=†$&¶                                          ¶&$†=«^,,,
,,,,^«=†$&                                          &$†=«^,,,,