¨¨¨¨¨¨###¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨####
¨####¨¨#¨¨ #####¨¨##¨
¨¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨ ####¨¨¨¨¨¨
#¨¨¨¨##### ###¨¨#####
¨¨##¨¨###¨ ##¨¨¨¨####
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨ ¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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