"Sure," she says. "Seems to have worked okay lying down so far but it's not like it matters."

"It's worked by making me sneeze and I don't like it."

Evelyn shrugs and takes the pen off Sadde, then holds it in a similar position.

Once Sadde has returned to position: left for odd, right for even.

Left! "...okay, that was correct, try again?"

She does!

Left again! "This one failed."

"Hm. Try again?"

Another success!

… And again?

Failure.

"Seems like it's probably not working," she says.

"Try the rain thing again?"

She does! Left for raining, right for not…

Right.

And again?

Right.

… Third time? (Well, fourth.)

Right.

"So, not exactly conclusive but it looks like it works for facts I know and not for facts I don't. Which isn't very helpful since it might not even work, it might be me pushing the pen by accident."

"I could hold the pen, and you don't tell me which side you pick to mean what, nor what question you're asking?"

"Yeah, that will probably work better?"

So she gets the pen and holds it with a finger and waits for Evelyn's instruction.

Left for raining, right for not (again).

She tells Sadde to let go of the pen.

Right!

And they do it a few more times, and it turns out to consistently fall to the side that's correct according to Ev's knowledge.

"Well it's a shame I probably can't do divination, then."