It was not long before the source of the sleep spell teleported in front of him.  He asked himself again why mages thought that technique was so impressive.  He'd seen Jude do it before, and all it took was a few syllables.  Regardless, the woman was talking.<br/><br/>"Calmed him down?  He's going insane right now.  But he is restrained, which is more than most can pull off.  I would congratulate you if I didn't know firsthand how close he was to breaking free from your little charm."  Pride laughed, a sound flawlessly calculated to show derision for the magical being in front of him.  Sorcery was the world's foremost crutch, after all.  You could tell because people like Jude specialized in it.  "If that's the only inducement you can offer, I'd be better of joining those barbaric Amazons.  At least<em>they</em>could keep him down ten times out of ten."