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¨^»/%@## ###&@%/»^¨
¨^»/%@## ###&@%/»^¨
¨^»/%@## ###&@%/»^¨
¨¨¨¨»»/@@# #@@/»»¨¨¨¨
¨^»/%@## ¨¨ 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. ###&@%/»^¨
¨¨¨»/%%&&& &&&%%/»¨¨¨
¨^»/%@## ###&@%/»^¨
¨^^»»%%% #&%%%»»^^¨
¨^»/%@## ###&@%/»^¨
¨¨¨¨¨»/%@# #@%/»¨¨¨¨¨