Asuka quickly covers her face when Howl puts her at an arm's length. She does not want to ever see her eyes again, let alone let anyone else see it. She swats one of his hands and backs away while still crying hysterically and covering her face. She lets herself fall down on the floor and curls herself into a fetal position.

"Don't look," she makes a gesture for him to go away. "I'm weak and worthless and ugly!" she closes her eyes and hugs her knee to herself, muttering the sentence over and over again like a mantra that might make it all alright. I'm weak and worthless and ugly. weak worthless ugly. weakworthlessuglyweakworthlessugly...