[It's interesting that he says that and for several moments, she wonders if he's onto her. It's not the part about being bad at demonstrating care. It's the part about pushing those one cares about away. Because that's... admittedly exactly what she does when she decides people have come close enough, an arbitrary boundary that she sets down without discussion or prior warning.

She can't help pausing as she considers it before she manages to piece herself together and continue.]

Sometimes people just need to be shown that patience. And patience is a difficult thing to wield. I can't fault people for not having much of it. Much in the same way I can't judge people for not being the most expressive. Everyone is different and everyone has had different experiences.