Dumbledore ultimately left Hogsmeade and went to Nurmengard to search for Voldemort.
Although Dumbledore had made his stance clear when they first met and acted as though he would answer anything Kyle asked, Kyle could tell that he had still kept some things to himself this time.
Such as the Elder Wand.
Of course, that might also have been because Kyle had forgotten to ask.
In any case, the Elder Wand Voldemort held could not have cracked for no reason. There had to be some cause Kyle did not know about.
Even Aberforth knew that Dumbledore's things were not so easily taken. There was probably one... or perhaps many traps involved.
The most likely possibility was that the Elder Wand had changed masters somewhere along the way.
Someone had taken ownership of the Elder Wand from Dumbledore without taking the wand itself.
That way, even if Voldemort went to great lengths to seize the Elder Wand from Dumbledore, he would not become its true master and naturally would be unable to wield its full power.
But that raised two more questions.
First, how had Dumbledore known that Voldemort intended to target him?
According to The Tales of Beedle the Bard, only by defeating or killing the Elder Wand's previous master could one fully command the most powerful wand.
And there was no question that Dumbledore was the Elder Wand's master. It was nearly impossible for any other wizard to defeat him.
Unless he had known Voldemort's plan in advance and voluntarily relinquished ownership of the Elder Wand before Voldemort made his move.
That was not difficult. Even the strongest wand was still only a wand, without wisdom or thought... As long as Dumbledore deliberately took a Disarming Charm and threw away his wand, he could trigger the condition of being