If he had, it might've actually kept me out. Unless he applied it some indirect way I haven't thought of yet, or whatever ward he used failed for some reason.
I don't know that he's wrong. Maybe that's what they experienced. Or what they remember of it. But I wouldn't have asked your friend to let me die over something like that.
He has a tendency to speak knowledgeably when he doesn't know what he's saying. I wouldn't be surprised if he was wrong, but it could be different experiences.
Either way, he's suggesting that someone can hit a panic button.
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