§¨§¨§§§¨§§                                          §¨¨§¨§§§¨§
¨§§§§¨¨§§¨                                          §§¨§§§¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨¨§§§§§                                          §§§¨§¨§§§§
¨§§§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨     ¨¨ 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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¨§§§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨