[ She lifts a shoulder- yes, but- ]

And sometimes I mean what I do not say, yes. But so do you, and that does not explain why when I say “loving you makes me afraid” you hear “I am afraid of you,” and continue to hear that until Bastien says that is not what I mean.

I am not afraid of you, it is not the same thing. But that is what you hear, and it hurts you as if that is what I have said.