"Yeah...that's true." He's calm, so he has to stay calm. For her. "That is how they see you, isn't it?" He can't stay calm while she's saying things like that about herself. He has to find a way to anchor himself--

So he lifts a hand to take her chin in his fingers. "That's probably because this world is worthless, and full of people who can't hold a candle to you." He can say things like that when he's touching her. "Hmm, it might be that they're jealous."