The wheelchair is notable for a multitude of reasons, but the most important one to Maria is sentimental. It brings her back to dear Saint Adeline. Her friend. Someone that she hadn't been able to save, slowly losing herself to madness. Maria can still remember her clearly, her malformed head and her weakening body strapped to that wheelchair.

This man is in much better condition, thankfully. No such experiments or blood ministrations...for now.

"I see."

But like Adeline, he is thinking of others despite his apparent lack of mobility. It pulls at her heart and, despite her inclinations to mind her own business, Maria knows that her is a given.

"Then we should work quickly." A pause, as she considers. "How deep is the flooding?"

Is he able to maneuver in the water?