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##&&*%\-^¨ ¨¨ FERRETS ¨^-\%*&&##
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#*%%-¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨^-\%*&###
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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^-\%**&##
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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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