,:~**&¤### ###¤&**~:,
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,:~**&&¤¤# #¤¤&&**~:,
,:~**&¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤&**~:,
,:~**&¤### ###¤&**~:,
,,,::~***¤ ,, 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. ##¤*~::,,,
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