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