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.......#.#     % the water crawls toward us, %      ...#..#.##
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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.  #......###
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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.  ...#.##...
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.....###..  then wash the mink in running water or  .....#.##.
.....#.##.          snow. and you're done!          .......###
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