Possible Clues:

• What could prove more important than the exit, by the sound of it
• May be more important than the exit, by the sound of it
• How, by the sound of it, the exit may come to have more importance
• This may be more important than the exit, by the sound of it
• That will be more important than the exit by the sound of it
• This will be more important than the exit, by the sound of it
• This would be more important than an exit, by the sound of it
• Be more than a match pound for pound
• Be heavier than (something)
• Sounds like more of a wait at the exit, perhaps