Echeveria "Black Prince" offset questions

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abohm
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Echeveria "Black Prince" offset questions

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I recently repotted my black prince and noticed a small offset growing in between the "mother plant" and another offset. Since it's mostly hidden from the sun this way, I was wondering if there might be any way I can remove the offset in front and plant it in its own pot? I read a blog post where someone tried a similar operation, only he removed and replanted the top part of the plant. If this is possible, how should I go about doing it? Or would it be better to just let remain as it is?

Here are a couple pictures:
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You can see the smaller offset in the middle of the two, here.
You can see the smaller offset in the middle of the two, here.
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The whole plant.
The whole plant.
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I would take the two smaller ones off and let them dry if they don't have roots, and if they have, pot them.
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I'm doing something similar with one of my echeveria at the moment, I had a large plant whose offshoot was competing for sun with the mother plant. I cut off the offshoot, let it callous over, then replanted. Still waiting on the results for the baby but the mother plant is much happier already :)
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I'm back! After a little research and help from you guys, I went ahead and severed the larger offset in the front. I saw a lot of people immediately put the offset into soil after removing it, so I did that rather than letting it callus over first. I think that should be okay?

Also, in the process of removing the offset a few leaves fell off in the shuffle, so I decided to let those set for some time until roots begin to form. Right now I have them sitting out on a paper towel, but I've also seen a lot of people leaving them on top of the soil to do their thing... should I leave them on the paper towel for a while, or put them on soil? I heard that the leaves can sometimes rot if left on soil, so I wanted to make sure first.

Thanks! Here's a picture from today:
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I always put the leafs on top of the soil, and when roots start to form, i place them in the soil
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