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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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