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,:-^%@¤¶## @ 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. ¶@^-:,,,,,
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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. ###¶@%^-:,
,:-^%@¤¤¶# #¶¤¤@%^-:,
,,,,-^^@¤# then wash the mink in running water or #¤@^^-,,,,
,:-^^%@@@¶ snow. and you're done! ¶@@@%^^-:,
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