Not to put too fine a point on it, but, ( he says slowly, trying to keep his voice delicate, because the fellow with the murderous urges also looks so desperately hangdog, like a kicked puppy, ) perhaps arranging a way to tranquilise you in an emergency? There’s some magic in the entropy school which can send someone to sleep immediately. Even if they’re… hostile.

( Without being able to shoot the guy with tranquilizer, perhaps someone else’s magic would have to do. )