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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,  %^==^.....
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..^==^%£@#    a bit later she summons a mink and    #@£%^==^..
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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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