¨¨¨¨¨,,†*# #*†,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,†*# #*†,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†§***## ##***§†~,¨
¨,~†§*#### ####*§†~,¨
¨¨¨,†††*## ##*†††,¨¨¨
¨,~†§*#### ¨¨ 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. ####*§†~,¨
¨,~†§*#### ####*§†~,¨
¨,~†§*#### ####*§†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~§## ##§~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†§*#### ####*§†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,†§§# #§§†,¨¨¨¨¨