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.:~^†*####   .            ~~  ~~          .         ####*†^~:.
..:~^†*###               ^^^    ^^^                 ###*†^~:..
...:~^†*##                                          ##*†^~:...
....:~^†*#     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^      #*†^~:....
.....:~^†*     * the water crawls toward us, *      *†^~:.....
......:~^†     *         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.             ..........
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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.  ~:........
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..........  then wash the mink in running water or  ..........
..........          snow. and you're done!          ..........
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