[Well, it's good that one of them knows what they're doing, because he's still somewhat confused by those pesky emotions of his. After what just happened and with how exhausted he's feeling, he shouldn't be this content with things. Bizarre.

His pace is good, all things considered, and he's still determined to put on a show of being perfectly fine. It's probably painfully obvious that if she weren't there he'd fall over, decide getting up was too much trouble, and go to sleep in a shrubbery somewhere.]