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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##&==~^...
....^~==&# ^                                      ^ #&==~^....
.....^~==& ^ 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.          ==~^......
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....^~==&# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE ERMINE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #&==~^....
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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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==~^......
.......^~= ^                                      ^ =~^.......
......^~== . 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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