[quote=Insomnia]
Wake up, perhaps? And none taken. It can put someone instantly to sleep but since we changed it to a stamina draining spell, as soon as your stamina recovers in the slightest one has the ability to wake up.
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Besides, I'm getting the feeling that if James weren't a very young human with no real apparent magical abilities he might have been able to ward against that in some way. As it stands, he was.