"There was no trauma to my brain," he says, raising an eyebrow at the bunny-bite. "Apparently I expelled the memories as into a pensieve, although without a receptacle."
"As expected," he says, and doesn't comment yet: the assignment hasn't been completed. "When you've finished this round and been given focus-points, you'll reparo this cabbage and repeat the exercise until it won't anymore. Cabbages," he explains, as Q starts on the second half. "are incomparable for the teaching of knife-rhythm, being of a size to involve one's whole body, of a layered crispness to show up flawed technique clearly, a texture to welcome the knife without undue resistance, and quite good, when fresh, in a savory pancake with meat." He coughs slightly, and goes back on topic. "The curriculum's too pressured to allow for first-years, let alone other students, to be trained in really sound knifework, but once one develops a less than mandatory intention to study the art, it's vital to develop one's hand."