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###@&*=~^¨ ¨¨ FERRETS ¨^~=*&@###
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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. ¨^~=*%&@##
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&*=~~~^¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. ¨¨¨~~~*%%&
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@&*~~^¨¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE MARTEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨¨^~~*&@
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##@&%*=~^¨ ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨^~***%&
##@&%*=~^¨ ^ ^ ¨^~=*%&@##
##@&%*=~^¨ ^ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=*&
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##@&%*=~^¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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