"Would you do that for me?"

Price makes himself tiny.

"I know that other people need you, and that it would be smarter to go with them, but...I can't handle being alone, not right now. I'm sorry."

This way he gets what he wants and he gets to guilt trip Dan, which is always fun. It's not his fault that the only way to make someone stay with him is to manipulate them. The rest of the team has many people who care about each other, he only has Dan.