Magic Daggers and Gleams of Triumph (WAS: Peter Pettigrew Is Ever So Brave)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 45347

Melody wondered:

> how small Pettigrew had enough strength to cut through his forearm 
> with one swish of his dagger.

and Elkins proposed:

>It was a *magic* dagger.

now me:

Hmmmm...if it was a *magic* dagger, could it be part of the 
explanation of the mysterious "gleam of triumph" in Dumbledore's eyes 
when he learns that Wormtail used it to take Harry's blood for 
Voldemort's regeneration potion?  

~Phyllis
who is always looking for a plausible explanation for 
Dumbledore's "gleam of triumph," but hasn't found one she likes yet