....^-;¤¤# #¤¤;-^....
.^-;=¤§@## ##@§¤=;-^.
.^-;=¤§§#@ @#§§¤=;-^.
.^--;===§§ §§===;--^.
.^-;=¤¤¤§@ @§¤¤¤=;-^.
.^-;=¤§#@@ .. 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. @@#§¤=;-^.
.^-;=¤§§#@ @#§§¤=;-^.
.^-;=¤§#@# #@#§¤=;-^.
....-===§# #§===-....
...--;¤¤¤§ §¤¤¤;--...
.....-=§§@ @§§=-.....