But it is what you mean.

[ He looks away again. ]

You said it, in the dream. And you say it now - it's just semantics, the difference between loving you makes me afraid and you make me afraid. [ A shake of his head. ] You love Loki, and did not fear him enough to cast him aside.

[ And then, a painful confession - ]

I would have had a great deal more peace if you'd said to me, I never loved you, rather than I loved you and feared you. I think I was much more peaceful before you confessed your true motives to me.