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The students seemed even more distracted. Their potions would suffer. She took a breath to try to be less irritated, summoned the shrivelfigs and said. "Lay the knotgrass to the side, so the juices from the cutting come to the surface. We aren't adding them yet. The next ingredient. Shrivelfigs are messy, so dawn your gloves," she said putting her gloves on. "Squish them in your hands and try and get as much into the cauldron and off your gloves as you can." She said as she demonstrated. "After you are done with the figs, take the knotgrass and run it gently over your gloves. This will, one, help get the excess fig off and two, coat the knotgrass so it won't wilt too quickly in the potion." She then took off her gloves and cleaned them.
Alice had to copy several notes next to this next step, because it did seem a little bit more on the complicated side. She watched Professor Lafay do it carefully before trying it on her own.
Alice picked up the knotgrass and set it to the side and away from the possible spray of juice that could come from this next step. Alice took the shrivelfigs, which felt quite unpleasant in her gloved hands, and began squeezing all the juice she could muster into the potion. Once she was sure that she had enough, picked up the knotgrass and ran it throughly through her gloved hands, until all the excess juice was of them, and then continued to hold them. She wasn't supposed to add them yet, was she?