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,,^~^%£@##                                          ##@£%^~^,,
,^~^%£@###                                          ###@£%^~^,
,,^~^%£@##                                          ##@£%^~^,,
,,,^~^%£@#     ,, 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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