[Al falls back half a step so that he can try and place himself between House and where he expects the major danger to come from, though internally he's willing the pace to pick up pretty rapidly.]

Doctor, huh?

[Does that mean House thinks he's a moron himself, or just doctors that aren't him?]

Then I definitely need to make sure you get out of here okay, this place always needs more morons... I mean doctors.

[He's hoping jokes will keep House from panicking in the face of shadow monster terror.]