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###@&:«~¨¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨¨~«:&@###
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&:«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨~«:&@##
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~«:&@#
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###@&:«~¨¨ ~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~«:&@#
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&:«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨~«:&@###
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#@&:«~¨¨¨¨ ¨ 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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