Look, kid, I know you're real scared. But sometimes people getting scared in certain ways makes other people think you wanna hurt 'em.

I don't think it would have hurt you. I think it was probably tryin' to run you off 'cause you scared it, too. [He doesn't know how scared Tommy would have been, but he knows he's super reluctant with his identity and that says enough.] The best way to get over bein' scared is learning more about somethin'.