Withdrawal
...it's funny...most vampire slayers actually slay vampires.

In the Skin of an Angel

I waited for him to find an answer. He rarely speaks at all right now. But he understands more now than before. He understands that peace must be searched through ordeal upon ordeal, with no final prospect but failure..

In the Skin of an Angel - Part 2

That instant, he felt those hostile eyes again, drilling into him..He tried to convince himself that it was the rats. He was startled and for some reason filled with shame as if he'd betrayed someone, horribly and violently. So the eyes maintained. He tried to think clearly, but he couldn't find whatever part of his mind put the shame in order; the guilt. A

Unkindness of One - Part Three