How would you explain ‘or else’ in the context? “Sorry, sir.” Ragtag boys rushed past like pigeons flushed from the bush, coshing people’s suitcases into their knees. “A bunch of little tramps on the rods,” he said. “On the rods?” “They ride into town on the outside of the train.” The cold was killing, every breath prickling into needles of nostril-ice. Finally it dawned, what he’d said: these ragged boys rode outside the train. Dios mio. “Where will they go now?” “Bunk on their ears in some hobo jungle. Or else they’ll go listen to the Christers. Accept the Lord for one night in exchange for a mulligan.” How would you explain ‘or else’ in the sentence: Or else they’ll go listen to the Christers? Does it mean ‘or’ OR ‘otherwise’? I think it means ‘otherwise’, what do you think? Thanks!