They probably needed to get away from the elevators, at this point. He moves Octavia from near the elevators and takes them towards the kitchen. If anything, he could grab them both a bottle of water and something to snack on. He'd just have to remember Melissa's whole thing about not eating too much.
"Raven's probably up in our room. Murphy's in his," he tells her, pulling out a chair for her. The elder Blake opens the fridge to grab the bottles of water," We're in a haunted hotel. That's about as far as anyone's knowledge really goes."