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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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