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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" . $=~^......
.......^~= . Used By The Shamans And Underlings . =~^.......
........^~ Of Kirugu vargir. When Called Upon, ~^........
.........^ They Present Themselves, And Can Be ^.........
........^~ Caught. ~^........
.......^~= =~^.......
......^~=$ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. ###§§$=~^.
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