"Probably. Here."

He picks up a new piece of wood, giving it a look over. "You see how you can count the rings, on this side?" He shows her the underside, where they're visible, before he adjusts it in his hand to have his own turn practising. "I think the idea is you're kind of peeling those off."

Granted, he's not technically that much better than Taylor, but the bark does seem to peel back a lot more easily than how she's been doing it, even if it still comes off in chunky fits and bursts.