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,~-*†$§£## YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF  ##£§$†*-~,
,,,,,,~*†§    YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.     §†*~,,,,,,
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,~-*†$§£##            BACKBONE ANIMALS.             ##£§$†*-~,
,~-**†$$$§        CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.         §$$$†**-~,
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,,,,,,-*†§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MINK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §†*-,,,,,,
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,~-*†$§£## ~ MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, ~ ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£## , MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  , ##£§$†*-~,
,~-**†$§§# , USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS   , #§§$†**-~,
,~-*†$§£##   OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON,    ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE    ##£§$†*-~,
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,~-*†$§£## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MARTEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##£§$†*-~,
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,~-*†$§£## ~ THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, ~ ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£## , OFTEN USED FOR SPYING, OR STEALING.  , ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§### , IN THE OLDER TALES ABOUT VIDMI,      , ###§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   THESE ARE PROBS THE FERRETS THAT SHE   ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†††§£#   WAS SAID TO CONTROL. THIS CONNECTION   #£§†††*-~,
,,,,,-*†§§   MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY MANY DENIZENS HAVE   §§†*-,,,,,
,~-*†$§£##   THIS AS THEIR MAIN "PET" GOD.          ##£§$†*-~,
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,~-*†$§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ERMINE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§$†*-~,
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,,,,-**$££ ~ THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  ~ ££$**-,,,,
,~-*†§£### , ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       , ###£§†*-~,
,,,~--††§# , HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   , #§††--~,,,
,~-*†$§££#   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           #££§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         ##£§$†*-~,
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,,,,,--†§£ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MEWN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ £§†--,,,,,
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,~*†$§£### , ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    , ###£§$†*~,
,~-*†$§££# , LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   , #££§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   RIVERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FERRETS,    ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE    ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§££#   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 #££§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       ##£§$†*-~,
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,,,,,,~-†§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HUSKY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §†-~,,,,,,
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,~-*†$§£## , THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   , ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£## , IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     , ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†§£###   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ###£§†*-~,
,~-*†$§§§#   PHYLUM, AND IT'S THE MOST RECENTLY     #§§§$†*-~,
,,,,,,-†$£   EVOLVED AS WELL, BRED FOR USE AS A     £$†-,,,,,,
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,~-*†$§£##   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           ##£§$†*-~,
,~-*†$§£##   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      ##£§$†*-~,
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