i care, okay? and believe me, if it ever came to that, i know i'd deserve it.
[He won't go unpunished for what he's done. Maybe this time, his punishment will be seeing a friend walk away from him. And he won't be able to do a thing to stop him, because he knows Tommy is right.]
i don't know what you think of me now, and i can't blame you for whatever that is. but i'm not like that. and i'm not gonna be like that, not ever.
[There's a long pause where Boone stops to collect himself, because even though he has no right to feel that way he's still a little hurt. Which pisses him off, because Tommy has every reason to think he's just a mindless killer now. They don't know each other well enough for Tommy to trust that he's not going to lose his humanity. So why does it still bother him?]
just don't compare me to them, okay? not yet.
[If he'd been speaking, he might have sounded a little defeated at the end there. He feels defeated. And possibly even worse about what he's done now.]
<boone>
[He won't go unpunished for what he's done. Maybe this time, his punishment will be seeing a friend walk away from him. And he won't be able to do a thing to stop him, because he knows Tommy is right.]
i don't know what you think of me now, and i can't blame you for whatever that is. but i'm not like that. and i'm not gonna be like that, not ever.
[There's a long pause where Boone stops to collect himself, because even though he has no right to feel that way he's still a little hurt. Which pisses him off, because Tommy has every reason to think he's just a mindless killer now. They don't know each other well enough for Tommy to trust that he's not going to lose his humanity. So why does it still bother him?]
just don't compare me to them, okay? not yet.
[If he'd been speaking, he might have sounded a little defeated at the end there. He feels defeated. And possibly even worse about what he's done now.]