Take a sample (first visit)

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Clean the blood off the haft of the pick. Swing it at this milky diamond.

Unlocked with Digging Through Hollow Veins 202, The Stables of the Heart 25 - 29

Success

Pebbles in a landslide

[…] You settle into a rhythm, like a heartbeat. […] The wound does not heal; will never be allowed to heal.

The work takes an eternity. […] When you wake with a start […] you are near the entrance […], with a minuscule shard of milky-white stone clutched in your hand. […]

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Chip, chip, chipping away... (Raises Subdermal Excavation by 1)
You carry a sample from the sleepers below. (Sets Overworked Veins to 1)
You have what you need. (Sets The Stables of the Heart to 30 - Visit Ovid & Flank's Butchery)
Out; out; out! (Removes Digging Through Hollow Veins)