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.^-^%%¤#@#      ^-----------------------------^     #@#¤%%^-^.
..^-^%%¤#@      % the water crawls toward us, %     @#¤%%^-^..
...^-^%%¤#      %         serpentine.         %     #¤%%^-^...
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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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