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##%%^-:...   .            --  --          .         ...:-^%%##
#%%^-:....               ^^^    ^^^                 ....:-^%%#
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%^-:......      ^-----------------------------^     ......:-^%
^-:.......      % the water crawls toward us, %     .......:-^
%^-:......      %         serpentine.         %     ......:-^%
%%^-:.....     ^-----------------------------^      .....:-^%%
#%%^-:....                                          ....:-^%%#
##%%^-:...     it's a girl stingray, gorgeous,      ...:-^%%##
###%%^-:..   covered in what's left of her prey.    ..:-^%%###
####%%^-:.  she smiles at us, flashing her teeth,   .:-^%%####
###%%^-:..             a ray of stings.             ..:-^%%###
##%%^-:...                                          ...:-^%%##
#%%^-:....    a bit later she summons a mink and    ....:-^%%#
%%^-:.....         shows us how to gut it.          .....:-^%%
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^-:.......                     -                    .......:-^
%^-:......                                          ......:-^%
%%^-:.....   you hold it firmly in one hand, belly  .....:-^%%
#%%^-:....  exposed, and with a dagger cut through  ....:-^%%#
##%%^-:...   the skin starting at the guts, moving  ...:-^%%##
###%%^-:..  up over the ribcage, towards the head.  ..:-^%%###
####%%^-:.                                          .:-^%%####
###%%^-:..    next you can just stick your hand     ..:-^%%###
##%%^-:...   inside, grab and pull (hold the cut    ...:-^%%##
#%%^-:....   downard at this point) and it should   ....:-^%%#
%%^-:.....  all be falling out. for sticky organs   .....:-^%%
%^-:......  you might have to use the dagger again. ......:-^%
^-:.......                                          .......:-^
%^-:......  then wash the mink in running water or  ......:-^%
%%^-:.....          snow. and you're done!          .....:-^%%
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