Christian showed a great deal of courage as he faced imminent death, even after his parents were convinced by Father Ybarra to give up on him and let him die, a decision that was motivated by a belief - shared by Christian's parents and Father Ybarra - that they were acting in accordance with God's wishes. Dr. Scully informed Christian's parents that she was going ahead with stem cell treatment, which would cause great pain to the boy even though it did not reassure his complete recovery. Before the operation, Christian pointed out to Scully that she was now the person who looked scared. Dr. Scully later researched the best method of treatment for Christian and, as a byproduct of this research, Scully realized that Russian kidnappers, whom she had helped the FBI to investigate, had been an