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@$**~,....           .         .                    ....,~**$@
#@$**~,...                      ,               .   ...,~**$@#
##@$**~,..                    ,,                    ..,~**$@##
###@$**~,.                 ,  ,                     .,~**$@###
##@$**~,..   .            ~~  ~~          .         ..,~**$@##
#@$**~,...               ***    ***                 ...,~**$@#
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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.         ......,~**
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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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