Nigel was only fast when it was a matter of importance. Like his girlfriend calling him over or the last bag of fizzing whizbees at the store. Other than that and a couple others he was forgetting. He just took his time on things. No rush.

This reason alone is why the pendulum hit him.....

Well that and he hardly cared to outrun it. Not like a bludger was going to hit him in the face on anything. At least it did not hit him back to the beginning. Bouncing around the room got old really fast and thank Merlin. Nigel did not get motion sickness or this would be a disaster.

Though this got Nigel wondering. If the pendulum is swinging back and forth could you time it so it does the work for you. But that was too much effort.

And it was becoming too much effort to avoid his classmates. Merlin talk about lousy drivers and Nigel being lazy today.