I have a theory, anyone care to shoot it down?
It goes like this: Servent of the Cross' brain is gradually shrinking at a steady rate. It is occurring fast enough that, as little as two months ago, his/her brain would have been so large that it wouldn't fit in a walnut. In far less time in the past (a few hours or so), all conscious thought would have ceased to exist.
"It's amazing what you can learn from DNA." - Desdamona.