Nancy: For weeks, I've been going through all of these complicated, painful things that I feel for you. Anguish of not getting to be with you. Fear that I'll get you killed. The guilt that follows, and then I get hit with this water, and it's like all of those feelings are locked away. I can't get to them, and all I feel is this anger that shuts down everything else.
George: So basically, it's like what could happen if you'd been raised to be masculine with a capital M.
Bess: Hence, dealing with pain by being tough and aggressive.
Nick: Responding to a "no" by trying to assert your dominance over Ace.
Nancy: That's how it felt.