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THE Govoni 
Dylan thought for a few moments about what the Ravenclaw was suggesting. A Cheering Charm? Was the train and it's mechanics able to feel now? Although, Dylan had to hand it to him. That was thinking outside of the box...
Shrugging his shoulders, the Captain sighed. There was absolutely too much thinking involved in this. Although, he did have one more thing...A stray thought, if you would. "Well, to be honest. I don't think too much was wrong with it...considering that when the Dementors left the train, it worked again." That suggested it wasn't something internally wrong. "I suppose the main point would be to dispose of the. The Dementors, I mean."
There was a spell...but it was totally escaping his mind at the moment. "For now, perhaps a combination of Rictusempra and Lumos?" Yea, they were lame suggestions...but the Slytherin was drawing blanks. Too much thinking......."You know, under the assumption that we're ridding the train of Dementors..."
Dylan was firm in his belief that the issue wasn't mechanical.
While the other boy was thinking, Ethan had quickly performed a cheering charm on the little train - not that he thought that would work, really, but more for ruling things out and seeing what, if anything, might have an effect on the model. Just as he thought... nothing. The Ravenclaw shrugged as he turned to the Slytherin when he spoke.
"I agree," he said with a nod.
"From what I remember of hearing it, the train stopped when the dementors boarded, then it started again when they left... but how did they make it stop in the first place?" From what he knew about dementors, they shouldn't be able to affect machinery, but maybe he was wrong.
"Maybe they caused the conductor to faint and he couldn't operate the train." If that were they case, though, his cheering charm probably would've worked on the tiny replica of the man in the train. Maybe he was just over-thinking it.
The fifth year nodded slowly as he absorbed the Slytherin boy's suggestion. That was certainly a creative idea.
"A combination...? Sure, let's give it a try," he said with a shrug and pointed his wand at the train.
"Maybe if I cast Rictusempra and you cast Lumos at the same time... ? Let's see what happens." Ethan was up for any suggestion. And if that didn't work, maybe he could attempt a Patronus - though he knew it wouldn't be corporeal. Assuming they were still trying to rid the train of dementors.