Malia nods. It's not the entire answer, she can get that much. But Stiles is reluctant to tell her, and she's not going to push. The werewolf curse is a major thing; activating it even more so. Malia herself got lucky in the genetic lottery, with her mother's shapeshifter genes overpowering her father's werewolf ones.

She can't imagine what it's like to have been bitten and thrown into this world without any kind of help.

"I'm glad. Being a werewolf is really hard... And being bitten is completely unfair."