,,=††%&&&& &&&&%††=,,
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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. ###&%††=,,
,,=††%@# #@#&%††=,,
,,=††%@@ = @@#&%††=,,
,,=††%@# #@#&%††=,,
,,,==††%#@ 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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