"if i'm not compelled to say anything, then i can get you out of there in time."

He's trying to be calm, reasonable. He certainly sounds that way. The truth is he's too exhausted to feel anything else. Hollow blankness is settling over him and there's no point in fighting it. He knows how it goes.

"if you do, then it's on me. it's on me for not listening to your warnings. and i can accept that. i'm not moving."