He knows it wasn't for no reason, but he can't exactly tell Clementine that he was using and didn't want to be around her while he was like that. She's a smart kid, he knows, but maybe he just doesn't want her to think of him like that.

"I was having a bad time of it too," Jesse tells her, though he knows it's not the same and that it's bullshit for him to pretend that it is. He sighs.

"Have you ever done something wrong and were embarrassed for anyone to find out about it?"