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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.       §%§=~^....
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..^~=§%§#@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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.          %§=~^.....
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...^~=§%§# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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.       %§=~^.....
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.....^~=§% ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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