§§§§§§§§§§                                          §§§§¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
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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.             §§¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨§¨¨    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!          §§¨§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§§¨§§¨§§                                          ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§§¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
§§§¨§§¨§§¨                                          §¨§§§¨§§¨§
¨¨§§¨§§¨§§                                          §§¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨§¨§§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨