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#@¶§¤*†~,,                                          ,,~†*¤§¶@#
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¶§¤*†~,,,,                                          ,,,,~†*¤§¶
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¤*†~,,,,,,     ,, ferrets                           ,,,,,,~†*¤
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†~,,,,,,,, ,,,^^^~†††*¤¤¤§¶¶¶@##@¶¶¶§¤¤¤*†††~^^^,,, ,,,,,,,,~†
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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.          ,,,,,,,,~†
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,,,,,,,,,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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