[Masumi fell into silence, thinking about what to do. They needed some way to keep track of where they'd been, or risk just finding the same paths and dead ends over and over again.]

"Maybe we can mark the dead ends with rocks on the ground. That should be obvious enough to spot if we come across it again. Combine that with your idea to keep our hands on one wall, and we might get through this faster."

[Taking time to think about the problem was helping to get her past the earlier frustration over the maze.]