Priori Incantatem: Why fly?

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No: HPFGUIDX 30050

When the two wands connect and Harry and Voldemort leave the ground, 
it moves them out of the circle of Death Eaters which makes Harry's 
escape much easier. 



--- In HPforGrownups at y..., frantyck at y... wrote:
> When the Priori Incantatem effect kicked in between Voldemort's 
and 
> Harry's wands in GoF 34, why were the two duellists lifted 
> involuntarily off the ground to another patch that was "clear and 
> free of graves?"
> 
> Upon reflection, I find that phrasing highly intriguing.
> 
> It's almost as if the two wands were seeking neutral ground. Only 
> after Harry and Voldemort landed in the new spot did the golden 
> thread connecting the two wands splinter into the web that 
enclosed 
> (and protected?) them.
> 
> This limited explanation apart, why fly? Why this particularly 
> dramatic and not *evidently* necessary device in a tight and fast-
> paced chapter?
> 
> (Consider also that it doesn't translate well in visual terms. If 
> Rowling sees in her mind's eye what she writes, so do readers. 
This 
> bit, though, I fail to visualise every time -- it comes out a bit 
> Disney.)
> 
> Help!