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=*~^......     .. FERRETS                           ......^~*=
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~^........ ...^^^~***=£££&£££####£££&£££=***~^^^... ........^~
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.......... YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF  ..........
^.........    YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.     .........^
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*~^.......            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.                         ......^~*=
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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.       ....^~*=£&
#&£=*~^...                                          ...^~*=£&#
##&£=*~^.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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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