"Oh, I do some of that with Williams already. Mostly when he wants me to help him prank his ghostly brethren but it could be used for other avenues," Tycho said in agreement when the man spoke about codes. The ghost in question had not returned but Tycho figured he was going back to their Hogsmeade house or floating about in London somewhere.

"I would love to have even more reason to utilize my mechanisms. Or to expand on them. I've been working on this one for someone in the audience to use for a 'a spirit is among you all' scene," he said, getting up to rummage through a cabinet before pulling out a hand-held crank looking thing. "I will transfigure it smaller when I have perfected it but aside from that, it won't use any magic. Statute and all."