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.......... 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. ....~«*¤@£
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#@£@¤*«~.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the ermine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..~«*¤@£@#
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#@£@¤*«~.. ~ 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. .........~
.......... ..........
~......... .........~
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