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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. ¨¨¨¨,/@###
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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. ¨,~///^@@@
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###@@^/~,¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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. ¨,~/^@#@##
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###@#@^/~¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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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