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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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ###£@%%~,.
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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    #£@%%~,...
..,~%%@£##   CAUGHT.                                ##£@%%~,..
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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     ##£@%%~,..
.,~%%@£###   PREDATOR. IT'S MADE MORE DANGEROUS     ###£@%%~,.
..,~%%@£##   BY THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST           ##£@%%~,..
...,~%%@£#   COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO BIOLOGISTS.      #£@%%~,...
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