¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§     ¨¨ 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.      ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨