#@§*»..... .....»*§@#
##@§%*/»^. .^»/*%§@##
§§%***/»^. .^»/***%§§
##@§%*/»^. .^»/*%§@##
#@%/^..... .....^/%@#
@@§%/^^... .. 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. .^»/*%§@##
###§%*/»^. .^»/*%§###
#§%%%*/»^. .^»/*%%%§#
##@§%*/»^. .^»/*%§@##
##@§%*/»^. .^»/*%§@##
##@§%*/»^. .^»/*%§@##