[It's a good thing Zagreus knows people who have boats. It's not a hard task to hire a boatman to take him close to where he knows his room is, and perhaps you were there needing to take a ride. Or you insisted on going with him. Something like that.
Zag himself seems a little different. He's calm, but the seemingly everpresent smile on his lips is not there.
The Door and The Room