Quote Originally Posted by InvisibleBison View Post
What does preparing a component mean, if not taking it out of storage?
For a focus it could be positioning it to be used as a focus. For components it could be dumping the sand out of the small vial holding it, throwing some tarts, unwrapping a bit of flesh, drip a few drops of water, etc. It really doesn't fit the iconic image of a wizard to simply dump all that stuff outside of containers to keep materials separate and preserved into a bag. I mean, water evaporates fairly quickly you know?