) ▁and ▁Rico ch et , ▁Jul ie ▁appears ▁without ▁warning ▁or ▁explanation ▁and ▁is ▁st ab bed ▁through ▁the ▁shoulders ▁or ▁gut ▁( art ▁and ▁dialog ue ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁page ▁of ▁issue ▁ 4 ▁indicate ▁different ▁and ▁contradict ory ▁inj uries ) ▁ ▁by ▁H ollow ' s ▁cla ws . ▁She ▁claims ▁that ▁her ▁' al ien ▁met abol ism ' ▁allows ▁her ▁to ▁recover ▁quickly ▁from ▁the ▁w ound , ▁and ▁she ▁- ▁apparently ▁j ok ingly ▁- ▁suggests ▁this ▁is ▁also ▁why ▁she ▁is ▁so ▁skin ny , ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁explained ▁how ▁her ▁he aling ▁ability ▁works ▁now ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁separated ▁from ▁her ▁sib lings , ▁as ▁physical ▁contact ▁between ▁them ▁is ▁required ▁to ▁he al ▁gr iev ous ▁w ounds , ▁while ▁the ▁ability ▁works ▁pass ively ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁in ▁regular ▁contact , ▁and ▁they ▁become ▁pr one ▁to ▁deb il it ating ▁sick ness es ▁and ▁vir al ▁in fe ctions ▁if ▁kept ▁apart ▁from ▁each ▁other ▁for ▁any ▁reason . ▁ ▁Jul ie ▁reve als ▁to ▁the ▁group ▁that ▁her ▁flight y ▁person ality ▁and ▁seem ingly ▁low ▁intelligence ▁is ▁really ▁a ▁fac ade ▁that ▁she ▁adopted ▁when ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁California , ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁merely ▁been ▁pret ending ▁to ▁be ▁un int ellig ent ▁for ▁the ▁preceding ▁two ▁years ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁fit ▁in ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁her ▁team m ates , ▁and ▁also ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁not ▁registered ▁with ▁local ▁authorities ▁as ▁an ▁active ▁super human .