Did Harry Notice?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 182928

Carol: 
> In Voldemort's mind and in Dumbledore's, James had to die. Voldemort
> was not going to leave him alive, nor did he have any reason to do so.
>

Pippin:
I guess I didn't put that very clearly. James did not have to die
because if Voldemort had met Lily first and everything had then
happened as it did in canon, she would have chosen to die as a shield,
the curse would have rebounded, Voldemort would have lost his powers,
and both Harry *and* James might have lived.

Voldemort does not give Harry a choice to stand aside in the forest,
it's enough that Harry knows he is there by choice. I was thinking, if
James had had a chance to escape and didn't use it, it would have been
enough to activate the magic if he had thought of it, but I could be
wrong. 

Pippin