Private M. Bennet ... The Curious Case of the Full Time Werewolf

Vladimir nodded in quiet understanding. He could now guess what might have happened, at least in part. The eyes were still somewhat of a mystery, he had to admit.

"It's not very common, but if you were turned on a full moon, or shortly before or after, the process can be reversed. Nobody really knows why it happens. I have only seen two or three cases over the years," he said, sympathizing with Milo's plight.

Vladimir refrained from comment, but the fact Milo had been abandoned after he had been turned left a sour note in his mouth. Vlad had come across one too many vampires and weres that had been left on their own. It always seemed a rather callous thing to do in his opinion.

"Well, we can try a few things that might work," Vladimir said with a nod. "At least with the shifting part," he clarified.

"The eye part leaves me a little mystified. I can only think that whoever changed you might have been part insect and had compound eyes," he said, thinking the trait may have been passed on to Milo even if the other werewolf did not demonstrate signs of it themselves.

"In theory, maybe..." Vladimir conceded, knowing that lycanthropy was not widely studied or known by most people, and a lot of misconceptions still existed.

"Though in my experience with "weres" not all traits are inherited the same way. The major ones, for example, the wolf trait," here Vladimir sat up straighter. "Well, it stays mainly unmodified, but any smaller or less dominant ones that are inherited along with it are often modified by the recipient's own physiology."

"Basically that means that whoever transformed you could have been part insect or had similar traits to an insect somewhere in their DNA. And when they passed on the "were" in them to you, your own body could have adapted them," he explained.

Vladimir just nodded at Milo's willingness to find out what was wrong and took out another pad. This one was full of the possible standard tests available, and Vlad checked the appropriate boxes and filled in Milo's details.

"We are going to start with a simple DNA test and some bloodwork," he explained as he slid the requisition slip over to Milo.

"That should give us an idea of what strains of non-human DNA are present and from there, hopefully, we should be able to formulate an individualized treatment plan for you," Vladimir said as he looked at Milo with a practiced, yet encouraging smile. Vladimir was pretty confident that the tests would reveal what was ailing Milo.

"Don't worry, it'll be over in the blink of an eye," Vladimir joked as he got up and took out a package with a syringe, an alcohol swab, and a rubber tie from a drawer. Then he deftly proceeded to take a vial of Milo's blood.

"All done," he said with a satisfied grin not more than two minutes later as he slapped a bandaid on Milo's arm. Vladimir had learned to take blood from one of the best phlebotomists at the hospital. Quick, efficient and hopefully as pain-free as possible.

"We can take the DNA from this sample," he informed him as Vlad labelled the vial.

"Okay, we are all done here. I will call the hospital and we will set you up to do some X-rays and a CT scan. Then we can schedule a follow up for next week, if that's okay with you?" Vladimir said as he looked at Milo questioningly.