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Jillian checked most of ingredients especially the flowers and the leaves as Professor Noble gave out the next instructions on what to do. Her hand quickly grabbed her silver knife and placed it right next to the chamomile leaves that she set in front of her. The way the professor demonstrated cutting it is the same as when you are cutting herbs when cooking, something that she is used to doing. She bundled up her chamomile leaves together and positioned her handle on top of it- three fingers down with the index and thumb securing the leaves. This was the easiest and fastest way to chop anything. Then piled them all up to dice it in a rocking motion- as the professor put it. She took her teaspoon and scooped the chopped leaves then sprinkling them over the flobberworm mucus. AAAAANNND set the timer to 5 minutes.
On to the next were the braiding of the lavender leaves. She was quite happy that she cut the stem a little bit longer- hooray for instincts perhaps. To braid these stalks you need at least 3 to 5 inches in length so it will not be short nor break easily. She held 3 of the lavender flowers together and placing a string around the pedicels and tightly knotting it. This would make it a lot easier on her part when she's braiding the stems. She carefully folded the left over the middle, then the right over the middle- repeating these steps simultaneously until she reached the end. With a little bit of stalk left she made a knot on the end and making sure her braid was tight. She cut the string around the pedicel with her scissors then drops the braid into the cauldron.
Since she's just waiting for the ingredients to simmer for 5 minutes, she wrote down a bunch of stuff on her notebook- mainly just the procedures for this activity. As soon as it was 5 minutes already she took out her stirrer and
stir clockwise... one.... two...
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