,~-\%*¤@@# #@@¤*%\-~,
,,~~-\%¤¤@ @¤¤%\-~~,,
,,,,,,-%%¤ ¤%%-,,,,,,
,,,,,-%%*¤ ¤*%%-,,,,,
,~-\%*¤@## ##@¤*%\-~,
,,~---%%¤@ ,, 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. #@@¤*%\-~,
,,,,,~\**¤ ¤**\~,,,,,
,~-\%*¤@@# #@@¤*%\-~,
,,,-\%***¤ ¤***%\-,,,
,~-\%*¤@@# #@@¤*%\-~,
,~----%%*@ @*%%----~,