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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     $ the water crawls toward us, $      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     $         serpentine.         $      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
*~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      it's a girl stingray, gorgeous,     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*
†*~:¨¨¨¨¨¨    covered in what's left of her prey.   ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*†
$†*~:¨¨¨¨¨   she smiles at us, flashing her teeth,  ¨¨¨¨¨:~*†$
§$†*~:¨¨¨¨             a ray of stings.             ¨¨¨¨:~*†$§
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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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