I didn't say he was more important than everything else.

That doesn't make him not important at all if he's the right one.

[That 'IF' again...to her comment about Al, he snorts, although it doesn't sound exactly humored. He's still feeling pretty sore about what he'd overheard on the train, and the cut off argument when they'd gotten back hadn't really helped.]

[After he'd just spent all weekend protecting that ungrateful little...]

Yeah, of course Al's going. Good riddance. They can go off in the woods together and stay there.