Reflection: How do I find and invoke a local functon in C# 7.0?

I have a private static generic method I want to call using reflection, but really I want to 'bundle' it inside of another method. C# 7.0 supports local functions so this is definitely possible.

You would say "why don't you just call it directly?" but I'm using it to get the ability to use an object and System.Type in a strongly typed manner so I need to call it dynamically. This code already works if I have it as it's own private static generic method.

private static void HandleResponse(object data, Type asType)
{
    var application = typeof(Program);

    application
        .GetMethod(nameof(UseAs), BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic)
        .MakeGenericMethod(asType)
        .Invoke(null, new object[] { data });
}

public static void UseAs<T>(T obj)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Object is now a: {typeof(T)}:");
};

The above code works. If I pass in:

data: new TestObject(),
type: typeof(TestObject)

I'll actually have a TestObject inside UseAs.

So, I wanted to put this all in a single method, like so:

private static void HandleResponse(object data, Type asType)
{
    void useAs<T>(T obj)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Object is now a: {typeof(T)}:");
    };

    var application = typeof(Program);

    application
        .GetMethod(nameof(UseAs), BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic)
        .MakeGenericMethod(asType)
        .Invoke(null, new object[] { data });
}

Unfortunately, the GetMethod code no longer works. I had heard that on compile time the compiler converts any local functions to static methods so I popped down to the immediate window and ran:

application.GetMethods(System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic)

... And, I actually DO see this response:

{System.Reflection.MethodInfo[3]}
    [0]: {Void Main(System.String[])}
    [1]: {Void HandleResponse(System.Object, System.Type)}
    [2]: {Void <HandleResponse>g__useAs1_0[T](T)}

It's the last method on the list. Does anyone have any idea how you would access a method like that in a reasonable way?

Thank you!