[Anita is happy to be as patient as she needs to be while Alisha absorbs.]

A lycanthrope is a shapeshifter. Lycanthropy is caused by an infection, you get it through being bitten or scratched by another lycanthrope. Anything that draws blood. There's werewolves, wererats, wereleopards... those are the most common, but there are other, rarer breeds. Weretigers, weresnakes, werehyenas. Those last ones are really nasty.

Most lycanthropes aren't that way by choice, but a lot of them adopt a pretty dangerous and barbaric lifestyle. I don't like discriminating against shapeshifters, but there are some who need to have a close eye kept on them.