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Skinning.
The book lies open in your hands, its leather cover cracked and stained with dried blood, pages yellowed and edged with faint, coppery smears. Rough sketches of hides stretched taut over frames dominate the spreads, sinews and fat layers peeled back in meticulous detail. As your eyes trace the diagrams, the book's knowledge seeps in like warm oil, your fingers itching with the phantom pull of a blade against fresh pelts.