It can. You're frightened of hurting me, yeah? Well the bond is meant to help with control. That's how it works. Keeps you from going feral. So maybe if I'd done this sooner, or better, you'd feel calmer.

[ There's a stubborn note to that. Crowley is stubbornly determined to accept a degree of fault in this, and he won't have it brushed away. Just because Aziraphale hurt him and felt guilty about it doesn't mean he can shoulder all the blame on his own! ]