Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-186.155.89.190-20140928174520/@comment-4091815-20140928175242

Wrong place, wrong time.

Peter was in Derek's loft, an unexpected visitor for the Mute who was waiting for Derek.

Rather than take the chance that Peter would sense him there. He moved to take him out so he would not interfere with getting his real target.

Peter was able to fight back though and forced the Mute to run.