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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-†¤
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##@@¤$†\-~ ~ minks, also called the snow ferrets, ~ ~-\†$¤@@##
¤$††\~¨¨¨¨ ¨ make up the "wandering food supply" ¨ ¨¨¨¨~\††$¤
##@¤$†\-~¨ ¨ used by the shamans and underlings ¨ ¨~-\†$¤@##
#@@¤$†\-~¨ of kirugu vargir. when called upon, ¨~-\†$¤@@#
@@¤¤$†\-~¨ they present themselves, and can be ¨~-\†$¤¤@@
#@@¤$†\-~¨ caught. ¨~-\†$¤@@#
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@@@¤$†\-~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the marten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~-\†$¤@@@
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¤¤†\-~~¨¨¨ ~ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨~~\†¤
@@@¤$†\-~¨ although rare. ¨~-\†$¤@@@
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@¤$††-¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mewn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨-††$¤@
@@@¤$†\-~¨ ~ ~ ¨~-\†$¤@@@
¤$††-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ one of the most notable in kirugu ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-††$¤
@@@¤$†\-~¨ ¨ lore, the otter ferret? it goes in ¨ ¨~-\†$¤@@@
¤¤$†-¨¨¨¨¨ rivers. there are a lot of ferrets, ¨¨¨¨¨-†$¤¤
¤†††----~¨ but for some reason, this otter one ¨~----†††¤
@@@¤$†\-~¨ is hardly ever seen. it might be ¨~-\†$¤@@@
#@@¤$†\-~¨ that it is unbound...? ¨~-\†$¤@@#
##@¤$†\-~¨ locals use it for sport fishing. ¨~-\†$¤@##
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¤¤¤†\\--~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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