[He scowls.] Not the way they were looking at me, Al! [Or with the main reason he suspects they would! But neither his indignation nor the fact that he was already more sprawled across the ground than sitting manage to stop him from morosely deflating a little further.] Like I've got any less right to hang around there than the rest of them. Hell, I'm not going in the water, I oughta have more right than them...

[Eventually, he sighs.] Ah, well. Guess there's no point complaining about it to you. [And he prods at Al with his foot again.]