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