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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.  ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§    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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