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......~»\* *\»~......
.....~»\*% %*\»~.....
....~»\*%& &%*\»~....
...~»\*% #&%*\»~...
..~»\*%# .. 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. #&%*\»~...
....~»\*%& &%*\»~....
.....~»\*% %*\»~.....
......~»\* *\»~......
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