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,,=:^%§#@# #@#§%^:=,,
,,=:^%§#@# #@#§%^:=,,
,,,,,,,:%# #%:,,,,,,,
,,=:^%§#@# #@#§%^:=,,
,,=:^%§#@# ,, 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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