[ So, there are wings. Wait, no, that's not what he should be getting from this at all. He's taken aback by her forceful denial and seems at a loss. ]

P-please, I did not mean to upset you! I simply did not want you to think that I saw you as monstrous or unpleasant to look at. As far as I am concerned, you are still the same lovely Bernadetta as ever.

[ That... might not make matters any better. Perhaps, he realizes, he should have left out the lovely part, but he's just trying to be kind. ]