§¨¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§§
§§§§§§§§§§                                          §§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§§¨§§¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨     ¨¨ 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.      §§¨¨¨¨§§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§§
§§§§§§§§§§                                          §§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§§¨§§¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§§¨§