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&&¤%\\.¨¨¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨¨¨.\\%¤&&
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&&%%\\.¨¨¨ you see something move in the corner of ¨¨¨.\\%%&&
#¤¤¤%%\~.¨ your eye - probably one of these. ¨.~\%%¤¤¤#
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&%%~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨.\\¤&
&¤¤\\\~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~\\\¤¤&
&¤\\\\..¨¨ .............. 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. ¨.~\%¤##
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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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