Sage has lost his mind, after all.

"I can't." I take a step back from him, chest tight with fear. If I let myself become a full wolf, I'll be lost, an animal. He's not gone, I know that, but I'm different from him. I was born a werewolf, not created by this new means Belaisle and Rupe have concocted. I'll be gone, my humanity given to the wolf and I will never, ever, return.

Won't I?

Charlie, Sage sends, standing, ...