[A very fair trade. She has so much she could teach him, without her careful guidance he might've spent his entire life seeing walks as a way to get from A to B.
The hug is moving on to chapter one, arm wrapped tightly around her now. He should probably add another arm to the mix to properly convey how much he's really there for her, but that requires letting go of her hand and that in itself seems awfully counter-intuitive.]