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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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