Chapter 23 of Werewolf Tale.

The longest chapter so far, and another with a massive amount of recent revisions thanks to very aged dialogue and prose. Goes to show how multiple drafts really help stories develop. I may end up trimming more of this chapter out if I reread it and find something to be not necessarily, though this probably needs everything that's here to set the scene best.

As for the science in this chapter:

The Placebo Effect as defined in Wikipedia: "A placebo (play /pləˈsiboʊ/; Latin: I shall please) is a simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual treatment for a disease or other medical condition intended to deceive the recipient. Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect."

And about.com: "When a treatment is based on a known inactive substance like a sugar pill, distilled water, or saline solution rather than having real medical value, a patient may still improve merely because their expectation to do so is so strong."

Might be stretching the rules a bit, but in this case, it works.

Enjoy.

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