I'm not so sure on that explanation, because it implies an extremely selfish trait to Stranger that I don't think was really there at all. Yeah, he was honestly a bit cowardly if he was willing to go through expensive and life threatening surgery in order to escape his destiny (though once he accepts his fate, I think it ultimately makes him all the more interesting) but we're never shown any reason to think Stranger would betray one of his own kind (if there were even any left other than the Olden Steef anyway) just to save his own skin.
His willingness to help the Grubbs and his concern for their well-being once he goes through their 'trials' on the way to retrieve the Steef Boat and after defending the village from the Wolvark attack implies that he's not so self centered as that.
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