[lets out a frustrated sigh - why you gotta pull at his heartstrings]

Yeah, I heard. Met the kid too, you know, shakin' like a leaf. "Don't give up", I told him. "Don't get yourself killed!" I said. Where'd that get him? Dead. Shot!

[stares at you, hard, challenging]

I've bloodied my hands before. I figure what's a little more now, if it'll make all this end. You see any other way?