¨¨¨:«^§§§#                                          #§§§^«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«^§§§##                                          ##§§§^«:¨¨
¨:«^§§§###                                          ###§§§^«:¨
¨¨:«^§§§##                                          ##§§§^«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«^§§§#                                          #§§§^«:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«^§§§     ¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                                          :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«                                          «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨