Nodding some more Mortimer pulled his wooden spoon and began the process of scooping the honey and letting the liquid melt it. He repeated this until he had exactly three spoonfuls in the mixture.

Oh dear... now it was time to work with a SUPER SHARP knife. Heh. Well any knife tended to make Mo THINK it was super sharp even when they were dull. Biting on his bottom lip he retrieved the FIVE basil leaves and began to chop them until he could not chop them anymore. He was SURE he had the THINNEST basil leaves of LIFE right now. Hehe.

Carefully positioning the knife over the papaya he then JABBED the knife into and with his other hand he stuffed some of the basil into the wound. AWESOME. And really... all that sweet papaya smell and the basil was making him KIND OF HUNGRY. To take his mind off it he simply continued to stab the papaya and stuff it full of basil. Once he was completely OUT of basil slivers he set his knife aside and then carefully lowered the papaya into the cauldron. No WAY did he want to like splash the potion out all over the place.