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