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#¤¤¤%%;~,¨ 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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###¤¤%;~,¨ , 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~;¤¤
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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 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 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¨,~;%¤¤###
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###¤¤%;~,¨ ¨ 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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