“If something can turn them into those beasts, something has to be able to turn them back.”

Daan mutters more to himself than you, those positive affirmations being the only thing keeping Pocketcat from getting his paws on the doctor. A piece of chalk scratches and scrawls over a chalkboard, Daan wasn’t really conscious of what he was writing - the motion just helped him focus.

He sighs, taking a drag from his cigarette before moving over to the padded cage. He slams a large red button, the shutters lifting to reveal what was Marina. Her body had been twisted, mainly her lower body into a spider of sorts.

“She’s the least hostile. Y’know what that means? Some of Marina is still in there. Take Olivia, she screams constantly after the Moonscorch. There just-“ The doctor stops himself, trying to articulate his words correctly.

“If there’s a human left in there, there must be a way to reverse this change.” He presses his hand to the glass of Marina’s cage, trying to offer reassurance to the moonscorched woman.