Be careful? Focus?

Those were perhaps the two things that Tobias had more trouble with than anything else, these days. BUT he would do his best and focus and everything 'cause even though having pointy ears for the rest of foreer would be COOL and give him character, Toby didn't want to make Bellaire angry or get shouted at or anything for not paying attention. That was motivation enough. The Hufflepuff moved along to one of the free mirrors and glanced automatically at his reflection.

Incantation first, because it was the type he was likely to need to get used to before putting straight into practice.

"Aurbus Aq-... Aquita? No, wait." Toby looked back at his notes again for the incantation and used his quill to make little dashes through the words to break them up. "Aur-i-bus Aq-u-ta... Auribus... Aquta. Auuuribus Aqutaasa. Aurrrribus Aaaaquta." Ahem. Little bit carried away there. "Auribus Aquta."

Really, the incantation would be the easy part. The HARD part would be the focusing and the intent of the spell and getting it right without setting his ears on fire or permanently pointing using them or something. But he'd try it. And... maybe give the non-verbal practicing a miss until he mastered it; THAT was hard enough with the easiest spells.

Toby looked into his mirror and turned his head to one side, wondering vaguely if this might be the last time he ever got to see his ear looking quite like this. Exciting stuff, really.