Well, that hits a little too close to home for him to process. A world where he wasn’t dusted and was involved in whatever happened is certainly different even though some things might be similar.

He shakes his head like he can’t really believe it, taking a moment before he’s adding anymore words.

“Well, Barton says the same thing happened to you but we can’t be really sure because he was the only witness…” Okay, Bucky doesn’t actually think Clint would lie about that but he’s never really gotten along with the man even though he can’t explain why.

“I didn’t exist when that happened …” he says quietly. It’s guilt, not being there to help, being gone at important times were almost as bad as working actively for the other team like when he was the soldier.