[ Well.

Maya just kind of closes her eyes as though she's warding off a headache, and then-- ]

So the Spear of Longinus is sort of like a religious and mythological artifact of sorts, made contact with the skin of a holy man who was crucified.

[ She flaps a hand. ]

Eventually, a rumor spread for thousands of years that getting pierced by it would lead to relentless bleeding that couldn't be stopped or healed at all.