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,,~:†$¤@@# #@@¤$†:~,,
,,,,,,:††¤ ¤††:,,,,,,
,,~:†$¤@@# ,, ferrets #@@¤$†:~,,
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,,~:†$¤@@# ,,,,,,~:::†$$$¤@@@@##@@@@¤$$$†:::~,,,,,, #@@¤$†:~,,
,,~:†$¤@@# #@@¤$†:~,,
,,~:†$¤@@# 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. ¤†~,,,,,,,
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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. @¤¤†::~,,,
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,,,,,,~†¤@ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,~††¤ ¤††~,,,,,,
,,~:†$¤@@@ @@@¤$†:~,,