I think Peter was trying to hide from the other DE's -- although he may have also been trying to hide from anyone who managed to see their way through him. Obviously, he's competent at ritual magic, but I don't see him as being so confident in his skills that he could evade/mislead/occlumens himself if extensively questioned about the Potters' deaths...
I'm still wondering who got Voldemort's wand back after the attempt to kill Harry failed. I've been thinking it over and just can't figure out how events would have played out: If Voldemort lost his physical form after the attack, his wand would have been lying there. If Peter found it and ran off with it, why didn't he kill Harry while he had the chance? If Dumbledore and the others got there first to find Harry alive, why didn't the side of good end up with Voldemort's wand? Are we just supposed to believe that they were so worried about the Potters and baby Harry that no one noticed it lying there? Or did someone take it in to the Ministry, and later a DE who worked there 'liberated' it? It's one of those things that bugs me...
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Date: 2006-02-22 09:29 pm (UTC)I'm still wondering who got Voldemort's wand back after the attempt to kill Harry failed. I've been thinking it over and just can't figure out how events would have played out: If Voldemort lost his physical form after the attack, his wand would have been lying there. If Peter found it and ran off with it, why didn't he kill Harry while he had the chance? If Dumbledore and the others got there first to find Harry alive, why didn't the side of good end up with Voldemort's wand? Are we just supposed to believe that they were so worried about the Potters and baby Harry that no one noticed it lying there? Or did someone take it in to the Ministry, and later a DE who worked there 'liberated' it? It's one of those things that bugs me...