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I'm getting Baba Yaga vibes here. Of course, when you're about to die you're probably not going to be averse to screwing around with people one last time.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, I wonder if the story of Hansel and Gretal has any basis in fact in the PitW universe in that some abandoned German children once encountered an old werewolf woman on the cusp of senility living alone in the forest...

What I figure is going on is this (although it does not conform to the answer that Nero gave):

That werewolf hunter is quite young. it was made clear that Peter would have been his first kill. it was also discussed that while werewolf hunting and killing was more common in previous years (centuries?), it was not now as common. Note that the older hunter was trying to STOP the young one from killing Peter. I'm thinking that what Nero is trying to do here is to educate this young hunter that killing is not the exciting and thrilling accomplishment that he thinks it is. By killing this woman/wolf in cold blood, he's driving home what killing means.

I worry what message she has in store for my namesake.

It's a pity that Doctor Abe has no remedy for the old werewolfess's condition.

How can you have a remedy for old age?

That's one for the Ask A Biochemist thread. Teal deer: we're working on it.