Cedric is the bully in the school. He was bullied in his old school and he turned into a bully himself. He's hated. Feared. She isn't scared of him. Chryss is considered an oddity because her name sounds like a boy's but is spelled differently. She's weird, and that weirdness made her not fear Cedric at all. Maybe she can change him, maybe she can't. Some people are too far gone, while others can still be saved.