Absolutely. I'm struck by the order of your parallel. Because that would suggest that both Patrick and Nicola are frightened by emotional intensity while simultaneously being drawn to it (which makes me immediately think of her interest in Miranda/Jan). It's also intriguing as, from what I can tell in this post, quite a few people don't like Ginty or Patrick...what a neat bit of inversion to see her in relation to Esther's general inoffensiveness.