"Ah, that's a shame. Everyone deserves an education." He would much rather worry about solving that problem than having to deal with the other, bigger problem that has been presented.

The Professor sighs. "I wonder...could the moon perhaps be giving off some sort of radiation that might lend itself to these transformations?" Given the life he's led, it seems like a sound hypothesis. Hope is important. Also he thinks he'll lose his mind if it's magic like the mess with the were hyenas. Best to couch that hope in science. "If only I had some lab equipment! That might at least allow us to find some direction in which to find answers."