This is their first step toward mutual dependency.He feels self-congratulatory about the way he maneuvered himself into a job paying five hundred a week: "I felt kind of pleased with the way I""d handled the situation.The "verdict" is delivered by Dr.Steele - she makes light of his pronouncement as if she is being sentenced: "The prisoner will rise.The sentence." He suggests hat immediate brain surgery is imperative: "We""ve got to operate...Well, after all, the brain is like any other part of the body.Things get out of kilter, have to be adjusted." Judith rejects Dr.Steele""s orders with a frightful, alarmed look: "Oh no I won""t!" He has discovered, in all likelihood, that she has a possibly-malignant brain tumor or "glioma" originating in the central nervous system: "It is rather like a plant - a parasitic one.Professor Xavier promised to continually combat him with his X-Men ("And I will always be there, old friend").To warn them, Gandalf rode his white steed Shadowfax (with Pippin) to Minas Tirith, a three days"" ride.Inside the inner office, the Sheriff""s head was positioned directly in front of the squeaky, malfunctioning air conditioning wall unit/fan.