Being surrounded by Tom was getting to his head though, his feelings were confusing and he wanted to understand, genuinely wanted to understand what Tom went through, why he hated so much and why he seemed to hate himself even more than the muggles that he kills, because why would he condemn parts of his soul to inanimate objects? The only reason that comes to his mind is that Tom rejects himself for who he is inside and wouldn’t accept it, and kept only the parts he liked. 