CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 3: The Knight Bus

[Joey Smiley]

No: HPFGUIDX 189465

> Mike:
> I didn't know at the time, but when I later learned of the Reducto spell, I figured Pettigrew used that to blow up the street. Whichever people that weren't killed by flying debris probably *could* have died from a gas main explosion.
> 
> As far as power of the curse, Pettigrew was trapped and probably had a powerful incentive to put behind the curse. We know in the WW that intent counts for a lot, and I'm thinking adrenaline doesn't hurt. Pettigrew probably had both going for him, enough to conjure a very powerful Reducto.

Joey:

Well, then it could have been Deprimo or Confringo as well, I suppose. Not sure if they can *kill* though. Probably the effect on Muggles is quite different.

Cheers,
~Joey :-)