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¨¨¨¨¨¨-/†£ ¨ make up the "wandering food supply"  ¨ £†/-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨-«/†§£### ¨ in the older tales about vidmi,      ¨ ###£§†/«-¨
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¨¨-««†††£#   although rare.                         #£†††««-¨¨
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¨-«/†§£### ¨ 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...?                 ###£§†/«-¨
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¨-«/†§£££#   this makes it the largest of the       #£££§†/«-¨
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¨-«/†§£###   evolved as well, bred for use as a     ###£§†/«-¨
¨-«/†§£###   predator. it's made more dangerous     ###£§†/«-¨
¨-«/†§£££#   by the fact that it's almost           #£££§†/«-¨
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