"No, Gabriel, he's not in pain," Deaton tells him. Though he can't help but smile. "He is, however, a very hungry puppy. Just keep him wrapped up so he doesn't get cold and feed him what's in the bottle."

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"No, Scott, I'm not going to stop it," he says with a slight scowl. Sorry, Scott, but that's not how his panic attacks work. Or that downward spiral he has going on. "We don't know what in the hell is going on in his universe. We don't know why I became a wolf because I have always been adament about being human. Nothing more than that. And a child can cling to... you know what, never mind." He's not going to sit there and just, yeah. He's in pain, on the verge of panic and just... This was a lot to take in all in one day.