Rent Boy feels justified betraying almost all of his former friends. And though he regrets hurting Spud, who almost all of the main characters agree is a good person, this passage suggests that at least part of Spud’s goodness might be relative (since he does steal from people he knows to support his addiction). Ultimately, the final passage draws attention to Begbie, confirming why that scene in the abandoned train station with Begbie’s father is so crucial to the story. Begbie (and others) helped Rent Boy see the dark side of his old life, and so Rent Boy goes to make a new one, although the question remains whether he will truly change or fall back into new patterns of addiction.