At the end of the novel, Slim and George are left together. Slim utters a very simple phrase, "you hadda." We can interpret this to mean that Slim said that George had to do this. Slim understood that if George had not killed Lennie, Curley was going to. Curley would have made Lennie suffer, his rage over his wife's death was very strong, and legitimately so.
Slim's words were almost unspoken, but the gesture of understanding was something George desperately needed after killing his best friend out of compassion. Few people have the power to do such a thing, and Slim recognized this in George and gave him credit for it by just being there.
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