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¨¨¨¨~«††@§                                          §@††«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«††@                                          @††«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«††                                          ††«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«†     ¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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