......»*$# #$*»......
.~»†*$&@## ##@&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@@ @@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@# #@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$## ###&$*†»~.
.~»†*$&# .. ferrets ##&&$*†»~.
.~»†*@## ##@#&*†»~.
.~»†*$@# ...~~~»†††*$$$##@##@###&$$$*†††»~~~... #@#&$*†»~.
...»††***& &***††»...
.~»†*$$& you see something move in the corner of #&&$$*†»~.
.~»†*$@# your eye - probably one of these. #@#&$*†»~.
...~»»†*$& &$*†»»~...
.~»†*$## backbone animals. ###&$*†»~.
.~»†*$#@## cat-snakes, or so called. ##@#$*†»~.
.~»††***$# comes in different flavours. #$***††»~.
.~»†*$@@ @@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mink ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@# ~ ~ #@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@# ~ minks, also called the snow ferrets, ~ #@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$&@## . make up the "wandering food supply" . ##@&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@# . used by the shamans and underlings . #@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$$# of kirugu vargir. when called upon, ##&$$*†»~.
.~»†*$## they present themselves, and can be ###&$*†»~.
.~»†*$$&&@ caught. @&&$$*†»~.
.~»†*$@@ @@#&$*†»~.
.~»»»††*$& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the marten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &$*††»»»~.
.....»*$&& ~ ~ &&$*».....
.~»†*$#@ ~ the marten is the sneakier one here, ~ @##&$*†»~.
......»†*& . 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 ##&**††»~.
.~»†$@## phylum, and it's the most recently ##@#&$†»~.
.~»†*$@# evolved as well, bred for use as a #@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@# predator. it's made more dangerous #@#&$*†»~.
...»»»††$& by the fact that it's almost &$††»»»...
.~»†*$@# completely unknown to biologists. #@#&$*†»~.
......~†$# #$†~......
.~»*$@## ##@#&$*»~.
.~»†*$@# #@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$@# #@#&$*†»~.
.~»†*$$$&& &&$$$*†»~.