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As far as he could remember, Sam slept through the night in deep content, if logs are contented.
Sleep. Deep, profound, unwakeable sleep. Not imposed on the sleeper but springing from his own need for sleep.
Often a consequence of Post-Dramatic Stress Disorder. Exhaustion, illness, and recuperation can also produce it. And some people naturally sleep deeply. Usually the deep sleeper does not dream; indeed, the victim of Recurring Dreams may attempt to exhaust himself to invoke this trope. Any Instant Waking Skills are usually nullified, and it takes a lot to wake someone in this sleep. (Which gives people leeway to act about him, whether to move him, or to play pranks, or whatever. Often plans are made and actions undertaken without him, because he needs to sleep.)
A Heroic BSOD is likely to cause this as well; compare Angst Coma. Although it is often termed "sleeping like the dead," if you actually think he may be dead, the trope is Faux Death. If the length is done hyperbolicly, see Asleep For Days; Deep Sleep does not actually need to be prolonged, but can be.
Truth in Television. Merges insensibly with unconsciousness, since the hallmark of true unconsciousness is inability to be woken.
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