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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.                                          .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨