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[bwbw_aabb]

Zecora has located a table
with the best lighting she was able,
and now is sorting through a pile of ferns,
each frond of which she gently turns
to inspect the bright green leaf's
vermillion-spotted underneath.

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[cute_scoot_boogie]

"Yup! I do!"

Pause.

"So are ya brewin' it?"

Doesn't sound like it's for eating, and Zecora found it, so growing's sort of been eliminated.

[bwbw_aabb]

"I will be doing so, certainly,
once I check each frond for quality."

[cute_scoot_boogie]

"Can I help?"

Apple Bloom didn't get a potion cutie mark, but Scootaloo might.

[bwbw_aabb]

"Of course! You would earn my appreciation.
Check for spots, insect bites, and discoloration."

[cute_scoot_boogie]

She was more hoping to do some actual brewing, but...

The fronds are given a verrrrrry keen look.

"Like that there?"

It might be a spot.

[bwbw_aabb]

"Very good! A spot indeed.
Remove that pinnule and proceed."

[cute_scoot_boogie]

How does one remove a pinnule?

Hmmm.

Maybe that fork that's lying over there will get it off.

[bwbw_aabb]

Zecora has scissors, should she need,
but is interested to see how the filly will proceed.

[cute_scoot_boogie]

Well she hadn't thought about using scissors, so the fork will do.

"Urrrph. Urrph."

The fork is dropped.

So is the pinnule.

She thinks.

[bwbw_aabb]

"If you will accept my advice,
the leaflet may be better severed with a slice."

[cute_scoot_boogie]

Oh.

She picks up the scissors.

It's tricky manoeuvring a pair of sheers between one's hooves.

"Did I get it?"

[bwbw_aabb]

"The next leaflet over, I fear.
I can still use it; give it here."