I've never done it from above the surface before either but I'm wondering if this one might have been one of the quality of life updates with the next gen update? I don't know of anything for sure but it feels like a similar vibe to how you can now just snatch up plants on the run rather than it stopping you dead in your tracks, opening an inventory menu, and asking you to select which of the items (even though there's only one item available) you wanted to take.
I really don't know how I didn't figure it out earlier :) Did you know?
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I've never done it from above the surface before either but I'm wondering if this one might have been one of the quality of life updates with the next gen update? I don't know of anything for sure but it feels like a similar vibe to how you can now just snatch up plants on the run rather than it stopping you dead in your tracks, opening an inventory menu, and asking you to select which of the items (even though there's only one item available) you wanted to take.
I've done seven complete playthroughs and didn't know this! Yeesh!