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&,,&,,,,,, ,, ferrets ,,&&&&,,,&
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&&&&,,&&&& ,,,^^^«;;;§@@@&¶¶¶####¶¶¶&@@@§;;;«^^^,,, &&,,,,,,,&
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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. &&&,,,,&,,
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&&&&&,,&&& ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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