Ohh, okay, that made sense, thought Simon as he copied down the previous statement. So they were going to learn how do extract greater amounts with different techniques? Sweet!

Next incision, right? Light hands. Light hands. Not heavy. He picked up his scalpel and made an incision along the length of the hardened resin, trying to get as close as he could to the column without cutting it. He eyed he cut. It looked like a neat enough cut or so he supposed. He placed his scalpel up and looked up as he was ready for the next step.