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Maxilocks 
Moving on, though. "The correct incantation for the standard Severing Charm is dih-FIN-doh. The wand movement is a downward slashing motion. Like this." Jared glanced down at the cardboard box on his desk, took out the first item that he saw - some sort of rubber duck - tossed it into the air, and brought his wand down in a brief, slashing movement. Diffindo. The rubber duck split into two pieces, which hovered in the air until he lowered his wand, and let them drop back into the box. "If there are no questions, I'd like all of you to come to up here, grab an item or two -" He motioned towards the box standing on his desk "- and give the charm a go. Sixth and seventh years, try casting the charm nonverbally after you've learnt to cast it verbally."
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Finally! The... practical part. Helena's favourite. Hehe.
However, she watched with her wide eyes as professor Descoteaux used that on a poor rubber duck. It was so CRUEL! Even if it was made out of rubber... it was still a duck! And a cute one!
Maybe even squeaky.
The girl stood up and grabbed the first thing that her fingers touched, which was a... fan. Eh, it would work. She walked back to her seat, and tossed it in the air, just like professor Descoteaux showed them, then said "
Diffindo," and made that slash-kind-of-wand-movement. There were two pieces now that were gently falling in front of her on the desk.
But... there was just one question. "
Does Reparo work as a counter charm?" Helena asked with a hand in the air. She didn't want to leave that fan looking like that. But she was pretty much sure that Reparo wouldn't quite work if Diffindo was used on a... finger.