Ric let Elijah step through before him, breaking the contact between them briefly, but he didn't send Elijah in alone. He thought about it, but ultimately decided, fairly firmly, against it. And while he only had a few minutes experience to really draw on, he didn't leave Elijah without touch, either. He simply moved in behind him, put one hand lightly on his shoulder, and kept it there. Too light to be more than a reminder of his presence, but not intended to be any more than that, either. Grounding in the presence, and some pretty solid human heat.