I was fragging paralyzed, and I was fragging terrified . Spirits, have you ever been paralyzed? Let me tell you it's not the way you think it'd be ... or not the way I thought it'd be, at least. Maybe there are some kinds of paralysis spells that control only voluntary muscles, that leave the involuntary functions alone. Not this one. I couldn't breathe, in or out, and I couldn't even hear my pulse. Every muscle fiber in my body seemed frozen in the position it held when Harlech cast his spell or whatever it was.