"Good man. We'll make a halfway decent vampire outta you yet." He reaches up and thumps Thomas on the shoulder in a friendly manner. He's tempted to keep an eye out for Thomas throughout the conflict, but he knows the young vampire has to sink or swim under his own merit.

"Just don't get bit. Otherwise this'll turn into a scene out of Old Yeller 'n be all depressin'." Would Cooper actually take Thomas down if he ended up on the wrong side of a werewolf's teeth? Eh, probably. He's a pragmatic old soul if nothing else.