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##%%%%*~~¨ ¨¨ FERRETS ¨~~*%%%%##
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###¤%%*~~¨ YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ¨~~*%%¤###
###¤%%*~~¨ YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE. ¨~~*%%¤###
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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. ¨~~*%%¤###
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###¤%%*~~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ¨~~*%%¤###
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###¤%%*~~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HUSKY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~~*%%¤###
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#%%%%%*~~¨ ¨ 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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