,,~~~~:*¤@ @¤*:~~~~,,
,,,,~:**¤@ @¤**:~,,,,
,~~:*%¤@@@ @@@¤%*:~~,
,~~:*%¤@@# #@@¤%*:~~,
,,,~~*%¤@@ @@¤%*~~,,,
~~:*%¤@@## ,, 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. ¤**~~,,,,,
,~~:*%¤@@# #@@¤%*:~~,
,~~:*%¤@@# #@@¤%*:~~,
,~~:*%¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤%*:~~,
,~~:*%¤@@# #@@¤%*:~~,
,~~:*%¤@@# #@@¤%*:~~,