It surprised me too - I was hoping Locke'd say 'Well, I don't want him' and Ben would be left stranded in the middle. But I suppose Locke was desperate enough to persuade people that his way was the best that he was willing to take anyone who vehemently agreed with him, and Ben certainly did.
Or, as someone else suggested, maybe he had no choice because Ben was bound to go wherever Rousseau did.
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