So not every pendulum will swing the same way to determine the yes or no? That sounded a bit fishy to Chloe. She was on the fence with Divination and this was making her jump to the other side, because that just seemed like you could make it give you what you wanted, but she would still try it.

Even though she was short Chloe stood to make sure the thing swung naturally without a table or legs getting in the way. "Am I Gunnar McCarthy?" a small snort left her as she thought about being her brother. The crystal started to swing clockwise, so she figured that meant the no, but what if it was saying yes, that it really thought she was her brother?

This was confusing! She wrote her findings on her parchment though and thought again, "Do I have blonde hair? Watching for a moment she saw it going the opposite direction, so that must mean yes.