¨~«*=§&@## ##@&§=*«~¨
¨~«*=§&### ###&§=*«~¨
¨~«*=§&@## ##@&§=*«~¨
¨¨~««=§§&# #&§§=««~¨¨
¨~«*=§@### ###@§=*«~¨
¨¨¨¨~**=§@ ¨¨ 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. @@@&§=*«~¨
¨¨¨¨¨«*=&& &&=*«¨¨¨¨¨
¨~«*=§&&&& &&&&§=*«~¨
¨~«*===§&# #&§===*«~¨
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