Watching as a bit more of the resin oozed into the jar, Beverly strained an ear to catch whatever else Professor Bentley was saying. So the next thing was to basically seal the incision, yeah? All she had to do was cut the hardened resin. That didn't sound too difficult.

Positioning the scalpel to the point where the resin hardened, Beverly carefully made an incision as instructed. She was good at willing her hands not to tremble. The plant might not be a creature, but that didn't mean Beverly wanted to chop it. No. She was nice and gentle. Although, she did breath a sigh of relief when she finished and made sure she didn't cut into the plant. Phew!