I like this trend artists have started of Claude being perpetually stuck to the ceiling.

In the US, when students ask teachers whether they "can" do something (e.g., go to the restroom), teachers often repeat the question, emphasizing "can." This is to pendantically demonstrate the difference between "can" (meaning ability) and "may" (meaning permission).

The question is annoying in normal contexts. In the context of a battle where a student is dying and asking to leave, it's absurd.

Also Manuela is desperate for sex and Claude is upside down.

Joke explained.