It really was. Hagakure knows full well how small the maze is, but he had been relying on his premonitions to guide him out of there. His powers of precognition being what they were, he ended up more wrong turns than right ones.

Hagakure stares in terror at the place where the beast previously was for a few moments, as if it might reappear as quickly as it had vanished, before even acknowledging the girl's presence. Only then does he stop shrieking.

"O-Oh! Oh, that was just you, then, right? Sorry." His voice had regained a bit of its depth. "Are you a student? Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm glad I'm not the only one lost in here."