"Maybe. What caused the catatonia?"

"There was a fire. He survived, but never fully recovered. He was in a coma first, and even now that he woke up, he doesn't react."

"I'm so sorry... Do you have any idea what is causing that?"

"No idea. He's a werewolf, he should just be able to shrug it off, if he made it out at all."

"Okay, just to be sure, have you done all the relevant physical exams? I mean, I don't know if you can't because being a werewolf is visible in X-rays somehow."

"They say they've done all the tests. I wasn't here for any of it, but I wasn't going to ask them to run them again. He hasn't reacted to anything." 

Fenris thinks for a moment. "It might be psychological, and I'm unsure how to help with that... if it is physical..."

"Can you take a look, at least? Help me find out what's causing it?"

"Absolutely." Fenris says earnestly. "I will look into our resources." Sigh. "There was supposed to be a doctor with us, but he is stuck on our home universe due to dimensional weirdness. I don't supposed you are aware of summoning magic? That would solve so many of our problems."

"Nothing I've heard of could do this. I'm sorry. If you are willing to take a look...should I contact you tomorrow?"

"Yes, of course. Also, about Scott-" Fenris starts saying than stops, tilts his head and says, "if you're only willing to cooperate with us because we want to help Scott and you want help your uncle, please understand that it isn't necessary. We would help your uncle either way. Helping us with Scott is optimal, but we won't hold your uncle's recovery to get that from you. We would rather have unambiguously positives incentives for your cooperation, even if they are just money. With that all said, could you explain why Scott's choice of anchor is dangerous?"

"Anchors should be something you can rely on, something you can generate from within. Unless he can guarantee that his feelings for that girl will never change, no matter what she does, he should find something else. He could try a mantra, but they usually don't work as well for turned wolves."

"I see the problem." Fenris frowns. "Can you have... multiple anchors? Or that only means cumulative negative effects?"

"You can have two. I have two and I use a mantra. It gives you a fallback if one fails, but...if something disturbs one of them enough, then the negative effect is cumulative, yeah. Too risky to start off with." 

Nod. "I will see what we can do about Scott's, but it sounds like something very intimate and ultimately something that really only Scott himself can pick. Would you recommend Scott to try... a transition period with two anchors or let go off his previous one and then pick another?"

"A transition could work. I don't know." 

"Well, thank you for your help. We will see what we can do about your uncle."

"Do you need my number?" 

"Yes, please. Also, this reminds me, if you happen to know ways for us to acquire a legal identities here, you would have our gratitude and your weight in gold if that is what you desire."

"I don't have anything if you're looking not to break the law. If you don't care, I can help."

"I don't care about breaking the law for this. Do you think it would go well if we, myself and my friends, come forth open to the public?"

"I don't think so, but you don't have to trust my judgment."

"Well, since you can't untell a secret there is no reason for us to rush into it. Why are werewolves a secret?"

"Werewolves like living among humans quietly, without being noticed. Hunters prefer to be able to kill werewolves without punishment." 

"Yes. Scott mentioned something to the effect that the hunters keep dangerous werewolves in check, which would make sense except that that stated goal would be much easier if the hunters went public about werewolves, so the government would invest its resources to deal with them in a more humane way than killing. Not to say that I think it would be a flawless system or even a fair one, but I doubt it wouldn't improve from unaccountability of complete secrecy."