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¨^~^§¤@### ###@¤§^~^¨
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¨^~^§$¤@## ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@@# ¨¨ ferrets #@@¤$§^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^^§¤ ¤§^^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^~^§$¤@## ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## you see something move in the corner of ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨¨¨^^~§§$@ your eye - probably one of these. @$§§~^^¨¨¨
¨^~^§$¤### ###¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## backbone animals. ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## cat-snakes, or so called. ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@@@ comes in different flavours. @@@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the mink ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$$$¤@ ^ ^ @¤$$$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## ^ minks, also called the snow ferrets, ^ ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$@### ¨ make up the "wandering food supply" ¨ ###@$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤¤@@ ¨ used by the shamans and underlings ¨ @@¤¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## of kirugu vargir. when called upon, ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨¨¨¨^^$¤¤# they present themselves, and can be #¤¤$^^¨¨¨¨
¨^~^§$¤@@@ caught. @@@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the marten ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## ^ ^ ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨¨¨^^^~§¤# ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¤§~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^^§¤ ^ ^ ¤§^^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^§$¤@## ¨ the husky may seem like a dog, but ¨ ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^^$¤¤ ¨ it is actually a kind of ferret. ¨ ¤¤$^^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^§$¤@## this makes it the largest of the ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨¨¨^^^§§$@ phylum, and it's the most recently @$§§^^^¨¨¨
¨^~^§$¤@## evolved as well, bred for use as a ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^§$¤@## predator. it's made more dangerous ##@¤$§^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^$¤ by the fact that it's almost ¤$^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^§$¤¤@@ completely unknown to biologists. @@¤¤$§^~^¨
¨^~^$¤@### ###@¤$^~^¨
¨^~~~§§¤¤¤ ¤¤¤§§~~~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~§¤ ¤§~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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