the water crawls toward us,      
               serpentine.              
           
                                          
      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.             
                                          
    a bit later she summons a mink and    
          shows us how to gut it.         
                                          
                                         
                                          
   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!