"My name's Cordelia Chase. Look me up. But if you want a nutshell, I grew up on a Hellmouth, I was friends with a Slayer, I did the whole psychic visions thing for a while, and I'm one of the few people that actually made it out of LA in one piece when Wolfram and Hart sunk it into Hell." And it wasn't by choice. Her tone indicated that much.

"I'm not saying you have to trust me. I'm not even saying you have to listen to me. But I don't believe in coincidences, either."