"I think that's up to you." She's right that he probably will get to see, probably when that week comes around - but if she really hated the idea, he'd try to stay away.

It might be the tea or the company, quiet conversation or the fact that they're touching, but his mood is evening out again. Everything still feels off, he's still sitting in a form that bothers him more than he could have possibly imagined, but he can live with it. Sitting here with Scully, it's all survivable.

(As for the relationship this form has to her tattoo...well, that's a question for when she seems a little more comfortable talking about it.)