¨¨~«*§%@##                                          ##@%§*«~¨¨
¨~«*§%@###                                          ###@%§*«~¨
¨¨~«*§%@##                                          ##@%§*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*§%@#                                          #@%§*«~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«*§%@                                          @%§*«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«*§%     ¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨