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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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