Waiting for the next set of steps, Gabe allowed his mind to wander a bit, thinking about things. Particular things. Very particular things. Happenings...

Cheeks tinged pink, he drew a small biohazard symbol in the corner of his parchment. Science all the things...and this potion seemed serious enough to warrant it. Though, it wasn't hazardous. Or so he thought.

Hmm? They were moving on.

Now, to chop the fluxweed...but how well was well? Moving the bundle so it lay directly in front of him, Gabe set about doing this with a clean stainless steel blade. There hadn't been anything specific about the type of metal that needed to be implemented. So, he assumed this was okay. After five minutes, he double checked the board and then added it in. Carefully. Just to make sure none of the pieces spilled out of his hands and fell to the floor. It was a crime to waste ingredient. ANY ingredient.

Now, for a metal stirrer.

Fishing one out of his case, Gabe paused only to cast a quick cleaning spell on it...and then dipped it down into the concoction. Clockwise stirring. Seven times. That...was it? It interested him that it was seven...but then marginally made sense as seven was the most magically adept number. Or so it was stated in every Arithmancy text he'd ever read. So, it had to be true...

After taking care of the seven clockwise-stirs, he removed the metal utensil and cleaned it. It wasn't needed again for this lesson. So, it was neatly placed back in his case. Also, there had been some reading ahead, and Gabe had seen that they would only be doing one more step for today. One that involved the dog hair. Merlin...it the smell was awful. He was mildly allergic...or had been as a small child...but he'd read somewhere that as a person got older, the things they were allergic to could changed. Every seven years...or something. His recollection was sketchy on the details.

Heh.

Taking a big step back, he held his hand out and began sprinkling; breath held. Instead, Gabe focused on silently counting to ten. The limit had been ten seconds, correct?

After finishing that up and updating his notes, he peered back towards Culloden....and yes, he'd went ahead and jotted down the following steps. It was only appropriate to have them all in one collective place.