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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.       ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,, ::::::::::::::: 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.          ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, :::::::::::::: 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.       ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, ::::::::::::::: 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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