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§§@\...... ......\@§§
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###§@%\~.. .. 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. ......\@@#
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§%~....... ............... 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. ..~\%@§###
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#§@%~..... .............. 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. ......\@§#
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§%\~...... ......~\%§