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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. ####&†\=~¨
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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. ##¤¤&†\=~¨
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¨~=\†&&&&# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ¤¤¤¤&†\=~¨
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¨~=\†&¤### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HUSKY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###¤&†\=~¨
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¨~=\†&¤### ¨ 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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