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¨^~/†$##@#     ¨¨ FERRETS                           #@##$†/~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$#  YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF #$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~/†$##@#     YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.    #@##$†/~^¨
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¨^~/†$###@             BACKBONE ANIMALS.            @###$†/~^¨
¨^~/†$#@##        CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.         ##@#$†/~^¨
¨¨¨^~†$$$#       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       #$$$†~^¨¨¨
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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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¨^~/$##@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MARTEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@##$/~^¨
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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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¨^~/†$##@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE ERMINE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@##$†/~^¨
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¨^~/†$##@# ^ THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  ^ #@##$†/~^¨
¨^~/†$##@# ¨ ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       ¨ #@##$†/~^¨
¨^~/†$##@@ ¨ HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   ¨ @@##$†/~^¨
¨^~/†##@##   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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¨¨¨¨^^/$## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE HUSKY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##$/^^¨¨¨¨
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¨^^^//†$#@ ¨ THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   ¨ @#$†//^^^¨
¨^~/†$##@# ¨ IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     ¨ #@##$†/~^¨
¨^~/†$#@##   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ##@#$†/~^¨
¨^~/†$##@@   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     @@##$†/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~††#   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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