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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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