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.When she converted to her White Queen diamond form to fend off Charles"" mind-reading, Erik strangled her with metal bedposts until she returned to her human appearance.She explained how the killer was taking revenge on the children - descendants of those in a lynch mob who had murdered him years earlier.She objected to being kidnapped: "I""d like to get off the merry-go-round." The very pushy Kyle promised her that he was really a different person than his first impression: "Once we get up in the blue, I""m a different fella, a lot different from this character.