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.,~:*%&£@# backbone animals. #@£&%*:~,.
....,:*%%& cat-snakes, or so called. &%%*:,....
.,~:*%&£@# comes in different flavours. #@£&%*:~,.
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.,~:*%&£@# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the mink ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #@£&%*:~,.
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.,~:*%&£@@ . make up the "wandering food supply" . @@£&%*:~,.
.,~:*%&£@# . used by the shamans and underlings . #@£&%*:~,.
.,~:*%&£@# of kirugu vargir. when called upon, #@£&%*:~,.
.,~:*%&£££ they present themselves, and can be £££&%*:~,.
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.~:*%&£@## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the marten ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##@£&%*:~.
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.,~:*%&£@# , 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, &&&&%*:~,.
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.,~:*%£@## , 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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...,,:*&££ . 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, @&**~.....
.,~:*%&£@# , , #@£&%*:~,.
.,~:*%&£@# . the husky may seem like a dog, but . #@£&%*:~,.
.,~*%&£@## . it is actually a kind of ferret. . ##@£&%*~,.
....~::%&@ this makes it the largest of the @&%::~....
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.,~:%&£@## 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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