Richie's half-hug is reassuring in its own way. It lets Eddie know that Richie trusts him, even though Eddie honestly has no idea what he's doing or where the fuck he's going. If he can't find his own room again, then what's he supposed to do? Lead them around in aimless circles until one or both of them are too tired to keep going?

"I'm going to try to find my room," he says, brow creasing as he looks around. "But seeing as how it seems to have disappeared, I don't know how much luck we're going to have."

Not that Richie can agree or object to this plan in any way Eddie can understand. Actually…

An idea occurs to Eddie as they move together. Richie's warmth against Eddie's side brings to the forefront of Eddie's mind the fact that one thing they do still have in common is, presumably, their senses of touch.

"Hey man, I have an idea. What if I try to stick to yes or no questions and you can tap me once for yes and twice for no?"