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She was silent to his threats, but that was probably a good thing, for any more remarks on the foul taste of the fish and Sirius potentially would have made her eat the entire thing. The charcoal woman followed him down to the water, and began to wash the fish as he did, and lo and behold she discovered how the scales came off. He watched as she absently cleared a patch before interrupting, "Use your nail - the sharp side. Scrap it along, in the opposite way to which the scales sit. You'll have to tear off the fins, too," He did so as he spoke, allowing the useless little curtains of flesh to drift back into the current. Some other fish would eat them.
He began removing the scales with methodical precision, muscles working from the memory that had been programmed into them from his life in Freetown. The nostalgia was cut short by her question; He scowled at her pointedly but did not answer, instead hastening to finish his fish.
Have done a patchy but proficient job of descaling, Sirius then took the fish out of the running water and gathered the Tuyul's attention by clearing his throat. "To gut the fish, take your sharpest claw and do this-" As he spoke, he dug his index finger into the underside of the fish, "-And then this," and made a quick upward slicing motion along the belly. The cut was messy, but it served its purpose, and he then proceeded to pull the guts and toss them into the center of the stream. He washed the fish under the water again to clean it of the sloppy offal, before turning to see how well the normally level-headed woman had fared with her squeamish task.
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