Cordelia? HYPER?! It just can't BE!

With all the force she had used, Cordelia shrieked and fell backward, hitting the ground with a cracking sound and a wince. That was not good. She sighed and banged her head against the dirt below her, looking up at the sky. "I just can't win..." she said to herself with a sigh.

She stood up with another crack and winced, slowly looking at Tsim. "I'm getting too old for this..." She shook her head and looked at the boy. "You really won't come with me will you?" she said softly, a look of slight hurt on her face.

Cordelia sighed inwardly, deciding to go with the one last trick she had up her sleeve. She crouched down in front of him again. "If you want to die over this, then it must have been really bad," she said softly. She was silent for a while, trying to come up with the right words to say. "But you know what? You're not the only one that's had something bad happen to them. And if you die, I don't think the people that care about you will be happy. Whatever you're thinking at the moment needs to be pushed away from your thoughts, Tsim... because I'm sure that there's someone out there who would actually be worse off if you died."

The woman wanted to hug him again, but doubted she would be able to touch him, since she couldn't the last time. "Just think about what people that care about you might do if you died. If you don't think anyone does, get over it, because I know for a fact that there are people who care."

She went silent, and the vampire waited for his response, wondering if he would still act the same after hearing that or not. If he did... well... she didn't know what else she could do.