The thing he'd said about the female werewolves being dependent on family was genuinely interesting, and Juliana had nearly forgotten that other thing in the back of her mind that she'd been turning over while they spoke.

"I know what you mean when you say that," she began, "But I might argue that men are not less dependent on family — at least not those with lycanthropy. I'm not sure if you read Forfang's earlier work, but so many of the cases involved people — men and women — depending on others for help. For shelter, for guidance, for protection, to keep their secrets. 'No man is an island' and one with such a condition even less," she continued. "The ones who do try to isolate themselves seem to be the ones who run into problems, sooner or later. I don't think it has anything to do with avoiding the Ministry's registry."