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.....--\%$     .. FERRETS                           $%\--.....
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...--\%$£# ...----\\\%$$$§£££####£££§$$$%\\\----... #£$%\--...
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.--\%$£### 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.                         #£$%\--...
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.....--\%$ --------------- THE MEWN --------------- $%\--.....
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.....--\%$ . 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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