[Alex gives a half nod to the singularly voiced question.]

Lycanthropy is a virus on my world. I'm pretty sure the only thing that saved people here was that we've been yanked to another world and things don't work the same. Just because I got lucky this time doesn't mean I always will.

[Then his soberness breaks, a smile tugs at the corners of his lips once again, and he nods.]

Serious as a heart attack .. possibly even more so.