It helps in a weird way, with his image of Steve as this brave and selfless fixture, knowing that he's done the same...would do the same. It can't full shake the weight of that guilt, but it helps.

Eddie gives a pained smile, grateful for the encouragement, trying to shake the memory from his mind as it tries to rear up. "I wasn't thinking...not really. I just- I saw her like that, and I just...I don't even remember the drive, I dunno how I didn't kill someone- And I knew no one was gonna believe me. I didn't even believe me-"