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......-†$@     .. FERRETS                           @$†-......
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..-†$@§£##  YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE IN THE CORNER OF ##£§@$†-..
.-†$@§£###     YOUR EYE - PROBABLY ONE OF THESE.    ###£§@$†-.
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...-†$@§£#            BACKBONE ANIMALS.             #£§@$†-...
....-†$@§£        CAT-SNAKES, OR SO CALLED.         £§@$†-....
.....-†$@§       COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS.       §@$†-.....
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.......-†$ --------------- THE MINK --------------- $†-.......
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.........- - MINKS, ALSO CALLED THE SNOW FERRETS, - -.........
.......... . MAKE UP THE "WANDERING FOOD SUPPLY"  . ..........
.......... . USED BY THE SHAMANS AND UNDERLINGS   . ..........
..........   OF KIRUGU VARGIR. WHEN CALLED UPON,    ..........
..........   THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND CAN BE    ..........
..........   CAUGHT.                                ..........
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.......... -------------- THE MARTEN -------------- ..........
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........-† - THE MARTEN IS THE SNEAKIER ONE HERE, - †-........
.......-†$ . 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 -------------- ##£§@$†-..
...-†$@§£# -                                      - #£§@$†-...
....-†$@§£ - THE LUSHER ONE IN THE FAMILY IS THE  - £§@$†-....
.....-†$@§ . ERMINE. USED AS BEDWARMERS, OR       . §@$†-.....
......-†$@ . HARVESTED FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL FUR,   . @$†-......
.......-†$   THE WHITE COAT, VERY PRETTY,           $†-.......
........-†   ALTHOUGH RARE.                         †-........
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.......... --------------- THE MEWN --------------- ..........
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.......... . ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IN KIRUGU    . ..........
.......... . LORE, THE OTTER FERRET? IT GOES IN   . ..........
..........   RIVERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FERRETS,    ..........
..........   BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS OTTER ONE    ..........
..........   IS HARDLY EVER SEEN. IT MIGHT BE       ..........
.........-   THAT IT IS UNBOUND...?                 -.........
........-†   LOCALS USE IT FOR SPORT FISHING.       †-........
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......-†$@ --------------- THE HUSKY -------------- @$†-......
.....-†$@§ -                                      - §@$†-.....
....-†$@§£ . THE HUSKY MAY SEEM LIKE A DOG, BUT   . £§@$†-....
...-†$@§£# . IT IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF FERRET.     . #£§@$†-...
..-†$@§£##   THIS MAKES IT THE LARGEST OF THE       ##£§@$†-..
.-†$@§£###   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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