Thanks for this, and everyone else who weighed in. ITA, the wording is weird which is why I'd like to know if he ever told us exactly what he said to Dylan that morning. MR's interpretation may not be the same as Dylan's interpretation, kwim? Just to illustrate, consider the following:
1)"Hey bud, I'm leaving now. I'll be back in a few hours and will take you to your friends when I get back."
2) "I'm heading out. If you're not coming, I guess we'll have to figure out something later."
3)"This is your last chance 'cause I'm heading out the door. If you don't come now, I don't know when it'll be 'cause I don't know when I'm heading back down there."
4)"C'mon. If you're going, let's go. I'm leaving and I don't want to have to come back home and then run your



back into town, Got it?"
All of these examples, to MR's mind would mean that Dylan would know that he'd be "working on getting him down there." Dylan may not have seen it the same way.