¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†
$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$
%$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$%
@%$†~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~†$%@
@@%$†~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~†$%@@
#@@%$†~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~†$%@@#