Of course your understanding of it has changed... you've come to know people who think of you as more than just "anyone."

[A part of him knows that Kaworu probably didn't mean it that way, but it's an open wound. Hearing that Paul doesn't want to lose anyone comes across as broad strokes, including the cherished but anonymous lost sheep as well as the hidden wolves.]

We Bonded in the first place because he knows I see some things he doesn't, and respond with his best interests as my first priority. I need you to at least try to believe that I work to spare him greater pain, in spite of your desire to make him happy.