Of course. He really was an idiot, wasn't he? She quickly ran out of the way of the blood spike, sighing. "I think it'd be best that you not kill me," she said. "I doubt you'd want to be left without someone to guide you in this, after all. You wouldn't have a clue what to do if you killed me, kid." She doubted that she could get him to calm down, she would try. The last thing either of them needed right now was violence.
"You should be saving your strength, because, if I'm correct, your body's going to be dying soon... and that's not exactly a pleasant experience. Plus I need to teach you the laws, how to kill... all that good stuff." She paused for a moment, forcing herself not to smirk. "Oh, and by the way? It's against the laws to kill one of your own kind, especially your maker." Cordelia really doubted that that would threaten him, since he had probably killed a lot before. But she could try, couldn't she?