,.~^^*@### ###@*^^~.,
,,,,.^^*¤¤ ¤¤*^^.,,,,
,.~^^*¤### ###¤*^^~.,
,.~^^*¤### ###¤*^^~.,
,.~^^*¤@@# #@@¤*^^~.,
,.~^^*¤@## ,, 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. ¤¤¤^^~.,,,
,.~^^*¤@## ##@¤*^^~.,
,.~^^*¤@## ##@¤*^^~.,
,,,.~^***@ @***^~.,,,
,,,,,.^*@# #@*^.,,,,,
,,,,~^^^¤¤ ¤¤^^^~,,,,