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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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