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,,,,,#,#,# , 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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##,#,####, , ermine. used as bedwarmers, or       , ###,#,,,,#
,####,,,#, , harvested for their beautiful fur,   , ,,###,,,#,
#,,,#,,###   the white coat, very pretty,           ,#,,#,,##,
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,#,,,,#### , 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 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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