Xiu took his arm when it was offered but when they reached the outdoors she let her hand slip from his arm and clasp her other wrist behind her back. "Alright, we are alone, or as alone as one can be around here. Will you tell me what is wrong or what is bothering you or whatever it is that is on your mind that troubles you so?" she was looking over the flora that surrounded them as they walked, doing her best to make it easy for him. Her brother needed to talk things out from time to time and the only way she really managed to get anything substantial out of him was to take him for a walk and not look at him unless he made a point of looking at her. She guessed a lot of men were like that and hoped that approach would help Ko.
She did not imagine she would be able to offer him much in the way of advice. She was logical but she had very little life experience. Though in her heart she knew that it did not matter all that much as long as she listened and did not judge. If he asked for her opinion she would give it, but she would be the ear he seemed to need for now.