,,,^^~†§#@                                          @#§†~^^,,,
,^~†$§#@##                                          ##@#§$†~^,
,^^~~†§¤¤@                                          @¤¤§†~~^^,
,^~†$§¤¤¤#                                          #¤¤¤§$†~^,
,^~†$§§¤¤@                                          @¤¤§§$†~^,
,^~†$§¤¤##     ,, ferrets                           ##¤¤§$†~^,
,^~†$§¤#@@                                          @@#¤§$†~^,
,^~†$§#@## ,,,^^^~†††$§§§¤###@##@###¤§§§$†††~^^^,,, ##@#§$†~^,
,^~†$§¤#@@                                          @@#¤§$†~^,
,^~†$§¤###  you see something move in the corner of ###¤§$†~^,
,^~†$§¤#@@    your eye - probably one of these.     @@#¤§$†~^,
,,,,^†§¤¤@                                          @¤¤§†^,,,,
,^~†$§¤##@             backbone animals.            @##¤§$†~^,
,^~†$§¤##@        cat-snakes, or so called.         @##¤§$†~^,
,^~†$§¤#@#       comes in different flavours.       #@#¤§$†~^,
,,^~~~†$§¤                                          ¤§$†~~~^,,
,,,,,,~$¤¤ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the mink ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¤¤$~,,,,,,
,,,,,~†§§# ^                                      ^ #§§†~,,,,,
,^~†$§¤#@@ ^ minks, also called the snow ferrets, ^ @@#¤§$†~^,
,,^^†$$§¤@ , make up the "wandering food supply"  , @¤§$$†^^,,
,^~†$§¤#@# , used by the shamans and underlings   , #@#¤§$†~^,
,^^~††$§§¤   of kirugu vargir. when called upon,    ¤§§$††~^^,
,^~†§¤#@##   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.      ¤¤§†^,,,,,
,^~†$§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§$†~^,
,,,,,,^†$¤                                          ¤$†^,,,,,,
,^~†††$§¤#                                          #¤§$†††~^,
,,,,,,~$§¤                                          ¤§$~,,,,,,
,^~†$§¤###                                          ###¤§$†~^,