Immediately after the pearls are gently extracted a second nucleus is put into oysters who produced worthy pearls. After that they go out and get attached to protective baskets again where they will spend the next X amount of months producing their second pearl. The attaching is Heiarii's job and unfortunately again a photo cannot capture the speed at which the fingers move.
Speaking of fingers, here's a second pic of Heiarii's fingers with our pearl gang's sign "W" for "West Side Ahe," beaaatch.
Not all oysters are good to go for a round two though. For those who are sick or rejected the graft, they are processed (isn't that a nice way to say done in?) and the shell is put aside for export (to make pearl nuclei and shirt buttons).
