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Now, the fluxweed. Where had he....Oh, there.

Pulling it over so he could start it's preparation, Gabe spelled his knife clean and got to work. It wasn't too difficult...removing all but the leaves. Stems and the excess were cleared away a second later...and he was left to cut said leaves. The Ravenclaw understood why this was important. It was like...getting all of the essence one could out of plant. Not exactly juicing it...but akin to that.

After finishing up that bit, Gabe made sure to pull his wooden spoon and Scourgify! it before adding them in. No, Professor Culloden hadn't said anything about IMMEDIATELY stirring...but why not be prepared to do so? Especially when he had some momentum going...

...and this stirring sequence was easy to mess up if he wasn't paying attention. Alternating between clockwise and counter clockwise...So, all the focus and concentration went towards this step.

Dipping the spoon down into the mixture, Gabe went through the stirring strokes, carefully reversing after each individual one. Clockwise...to counter-clockwise....back to clockwise....and then counter-clockwise again....repeatedly for 14 turns in total.

Gabe peeked into the cauldron. Muddy? Check. No smells? Check...