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,.~^§¤@###     ,, FERRETS                           ###@¤§^~.,
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,,,,,,.^†¤ YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF  ¤†^.,,,,,,
,.~^†§¤¤@@    YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.     @@¤¤§†^~.,
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,.~^†§¤@@@             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.          ¤¤§^.,,,,,
,.~^†§¤@##                                          ##@¤§†^~.,
,.~^†††§@# .............. 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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