So, what I think is happening is: my werewolf levelled his rank while I was playing a different household, potentially. I don't know if that's even possible, but when I returned to play my werewolf, ...
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Mods in use are cosmetics (werewolf hairstyles), shorter "somber howl" cooldown, this mod that reduces mindfulness https://modthesims.info/d/654294/less-intense-fine-buffs-for-mindfulness.html, some CC paintings, and some packages that remove the constant festival/thriftea notifications etc.
None of these mods caused this issue on any werewolves from my previous save. None of them should cause any problems to begin with.
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