[There's a lengthy pause as he tries to mull over what to say here. The boy has his reasons. Sure. It's wrong and it's certainly not wrong for the other to feel some guilt for it, it's what a good person would feel about it, even if he had good reason for it.]
Still doesn't make you a bad person.
Y'seem like a good man, a better man than most if ya know what ya want is wrong and ain't hidin' that fact. Yer still bein' more honest than most. An' y'have guilt for it, means yer heart is in th' right spot. It ain't like yer killin' jus' t'kill, ya got yer reasons an' i'm willin' t'bet they're good'uns.