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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. ##¶@§^/~,¨
¨,~/^§@¶## ##¶@§^/~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~/§¶# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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. ##¶@§^/~,¨
¨,~/^§@¶## ##¶@§^/~,¨
¨,~/^§@¶## ##¶@§^/~,¨
¨,~/^§@¶## ##¶@§^/~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~^^^@ @^^^~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,,,/^@# #@^/,,,¨¨¨