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It's because that's the crux of her entire character. The first moments you have with her you are given the image of a cocky and arrogant former villain who girlbossess her way out of all of her problems, but the more you get to know her the more it's evident she's a self loathing fuck up.
In her eyes Robert is the very ideal that she strives for; he's her holy grail, her ark of the covenant, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
She believes that Robert's approval will mean that she has overcome her past as a villain and that she's become a hero. Seeing the look of disgust he has after he leans away leads to the complete collapse of her belief that she has any chance or hope of attaining any sort of self-development or love. That's why Robert's continued support is necessary for her being a hero, without it then there will be nothing that will quiet the thoughts in her bpd brain that reinforce her self inoculated belief that she's nothing more than a villain.
She's designed to trigger the 'fix me' impulse in your male psyche. She looks like a kicked kitten because she is, you kicked her hard and it invokes this emotion in you