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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.                                ##@§**/~^.
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....^//*@@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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.      ###§**/~^.
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