¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§§¨§§§§¨§
§§¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§§¨§§§§                                          §¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨     ¨¨ 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.      ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§§
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§§¨§§§§¨§
§§¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§§¨§§§§                                          §¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨§§§§¨§§