[ Her brow raises then lowers at that, as if she doesn’t quite follow. ]

I’m.... not so sure about that. [ She gently doubts, not that because she believes he’s lying, but because she knows he can misplace the blame onto himself. That guilt and blame go hand in hand, and he shoulders so much. ] You should know, Noct, that the cause of your hurt... it’s not you. Or how this started.

[ She’s also not quite sure what he means by him starting anything. Nevertheless, she automatically takes his side against the self-blame that’s so neatly ingrained.

To say nothing of that she suspects she’s the root cause of this. ]