"Okay, so the first thing you need to understand is that from a scientific standpoint, this is not gonna make sense because we're dealing with the supernatural and magic, and there's rules to it but they don't all make sense." He stops and points at the kanima, which is still angrily pushing at the barrier surrounding it. "I just trapped that thing with mountain ash and the very strong belief that it would work. So it's not just a matter of what you're bitten by, it's also kind of a matter of what you are on the inside. If you're bitten and you have some kind of unresolved bullshit that doesn't let you accept the change fully, you get a kanima."

Beat.

"Also, there might be a rogue alpha biting people? Crap, I'm gonna need to put out feelers on that."