 What drove Stinson to decide to stay in the end?
Stinson lay still in the sand where he fell, gloating over the success of his arrival. He touched the pencil-line scar behind his ear where the cylinder was buried, marveling at the power stored there, power to fling him from earth to this fourth planet of the Centaurian system in an instant. He was here and Earth was somewhere up there. Again Stinson felt the urge to run, or to use the cylinder to project himself somewhere else, but he said, "No!" very firmly to himself. Still angered, Stinson grasped it firmly, with half a notion to break it over his head.
 He sees that there is some hope for a successful though challenging life
 He sees that there is some hope for a successful though challenging life  His transportation device needs to be repaired before he can return to Earth  He is curious enough about the web-footed people's abilities that it is worth investigating  He has given up trying to find somewhere to move to