Nate stopped midway through packing up his stuff. He supposed Garan had a point. He knew he flip flopped a lot. It wasn't as though he was changing his opinion. Nate was just trying to please everyone, and sometimes as hard as he tried eventually his own feelings (which evidently contradicted his former actions) came out.
Well, as long as he was being honest now... "At first I was just trying to make you feel better. So yeah, I lied and told you I didn't want you to be sorry. I guess I should apologize for putting your feelings ahead of mine?" He made no sense! Wasn't that what Nate was supposed to be doing? "And then I tried you know, being honest with you, but apparently that got us nowhere."