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#$$///«,,.      IT'S A GIRL STINGRAY, GORGEOUS,     .,,«///$$#
@$$$^//«,.    COVERED IN WHAT'S LEFT OF HER PREY.   .,«//^$$$@
@@$^««....   SHE SMILES AT US, FLASHING HER TEETH,  ....««^$@@
#@@#$^/«,.             A RAY OF STINGS.             .,«/^$#@@#
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#@@#$^/«,.    A BIT LATER SHE SUMMONS A MINK AND    .,«/^$#@@#
@$/«......         SHOWS US HOW TO GUT IT.          ......«/$@
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##^^««,,,.   YOU HOLD IT FIRMLY IN ONE HAND, BELLY  .,,,««^^##
@$^«««....  EXPOSED, AND WITH A DAGGER CUT THROUGH  ....«««^$@
@@$^^«....   THE SKIN STARTING AT THE GUTS, MOVING  ....«^^$@@
#@@#$^/«,.  UP OVER THE RIBCAGE, TOWARDS THE HEAD.  .,«/^$#@@#
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#@@#$^/«,.    NEXT YOU CAN JUST STICK YOUR HAND     .,«/^$#@@#
##@#$^/«,.   INSIDE, GRAB AND PULL (HOLD THE CUT    .,«/^$#@##
@@#^^//«,.   DOWNARD AT THIS POINT) AND IT SHOULD   .,«//^^#@@
@@@#$^/«,.   ALL BE FALLING OUT. FOR STICKY ORGANS  .,«/^$#@@@
@@#^«.....  YOU MIGHT HAVE TO USE THE DAGGER AGAIN. .....«^#@@
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@@$////«,.  THEN WASH THE MINK IN RUNNING WATER OR  .,«////$@@
#@@#$^/«,.          SNOW. AND YOU'RE DONE!          .,«/^$#@@#
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