*-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*
$*-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ by the fact that it's almost ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*$
*$*-^¨¨¨¨¨ completely unknown to biologists. ¨¨¨¨¨^-*$*
&*$*-^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^-*$*&
¶&*$*-^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^-*$*&¶
#¶&*$*-^¨¨ ¨¨^-*$*&¶#
##¶&*$*-^¨ ¨^-*$*&¶##
#¶&*$*-^¨¨ ¨¨^-*$*&¶#