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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 ##@#&$=~^.
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