"And if you come up with one, you have a guinea pig to experiment on." Which is to say: Mulder's willing to volunteer for another tour of duty if he needs to. In the meanwhile, he finishes off the dregs of his coffee - he's been sipping it all this while, holding it precariously between his twig-fingers - and sets the cup next to him on the bench.

A moment later, he glances down, realizes he's netted both of them with dark green leaves and little white flowers. With a gesture at their shoes - "Too bad neither of us wants to open a florist's. I can't stop growing things."