§§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨           ¨         ¨                    ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                      .               ¨   ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                    ..                    §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                 .  .                     §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§   ¨            ~~  ~~          ¨         §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§               :::    :::                 §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨      :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:     ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨      * 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!          ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
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§§§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨