¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
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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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§§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
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