Despite his own misgivings, Dr. Sloane invites Dickie to go for a walk with him in the open, and Sloane learns to understand and appreciate the boy's dislike of moving around by matter transference and his newly acquired interest in the open air.
Despite Dr. Sloane's concerns, he encourages Dickie to go for a walk in the open air, enabling Sloane to understand and value the boy's resistance to movement via transference and his growing enthusiasm for fresh air.