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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ £§%=\=^...
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.....^=\=% ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §%=\=^....
...^=\=%§£ ^                                      ^ £§%=\=^...
..^=\=%§£# ^ 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ =^........
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......^=\= ^ 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.       =\=^......
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....^=\=%§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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