.........- -.........
.......... ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ..........
.........- -.........
........-= .. 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. ..........
.......... ..........
.........- -.........
........-= =-........
.......-=/ /=-.......
......-=/= =/=-......