He didn't know what 'the FBI' was, and they were all of them alien to this place, but Vax could see this Maria putting on her brave face and appreciated the grit of it when thrust headlong into so much strangeness.

And that name... That name. Their young Liz, about the same age as this girl, was Liz Parker if he remembered it rightly.

"It's this way to front desk," he gestured as he started walking towards Darryl's haunt. "There's a room for you already, Maria - again, it's not me, it's just something about this place. And your friend... Is she in trouble?"