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/«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨:«/§*
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ::::::::::::::: 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 :::::::::::::: ¨¨¨:«/§*£@
#@£*§/«:¨¨ : : ¨¨:«/§*£@#
##@£*§/«:¨ ¨ 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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