.--/†%@¶@# #@¶@%†/--.
..--/†%@¶@ @¶@%†/--..
...--/†%@¶ ¶@%†/--...
....--/†%@ @%†/--....
.....--/†% %†/--.....
......--/† .. 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. ¶@%†/--...
....--/†%@ @%†/--....
.....--/†% %†/--.....
......--/† †/--......
.....--/†% %†/--.....
....--/†%@ @%†/--....