Eddie can't look at her when he nods. He blinks a couple of times, his eyes stinging, but he nods, because he wants to be honest with her. She deserves that much, even if he couldn't do anything to help her.

"I tried to wake you up," he says. "You were in this... this trance. It's what he did. Vecna. When you started levitating and then... shit, Chrissy, I ran away. I just freaked out and I ran."

At this point, Eddie knows he really couldn't have done anything, but if he could change that moment, he would. He would be less of a coward and he would just stay with her, even if he couldn't save her life. She shouldn't have been alone.