Odp: [HPforGrownups] Speed on the draw

[Monika Zaboklicka]

No: HPFGUIDX 10776



>> In 13-Muggles-at-one-go incident Pettigrew was also faster than Black,
>> contrary to McGonagall's claim that he was always hopeless at dueling. If
>> *that* was hopelessness, guess how poor Black is at it...
>> But perhaps Pettigrew learnt his tricks from Voldemort.
>
>Or perhaps Black wasn't tremendously on the ball. What with fatigue, grief
for
>his two best friends' deaths, rage at his two best friends' deaths, and
>betrayal, he might have been a bit off the mark, eh?


I'd rather think that he was packed with adrenaline. I see him in that scene
with his teeth clenched and his hands trembling from fury so much he can't
get his wand out. He didn't just want to mourn his friends, he wanted to get
the b*****d  who killed them.  But he failed...

Monika