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#%†««^^^^¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨^^^^««†%#
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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. ¨^«/†%####
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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. ¨¨¨¨«««/%#
#†/^^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^^/†#
####%†/«^¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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