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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 $\«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«\ caught. \«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~«\$* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the marten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *$\«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«\$*# ~ ~ #*$\«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~«\$*#@ ~ the marten is the sneakier one here, ~ @#*$\«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«\$*#@@ ¨ 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 #*$\«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«\$* this as their main "pet" god. *$\«~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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