Honestly she's a little taken aback by his stating it so baldly, but the last thing she wants is to seem like she can't handle whatever he has to say. Since they're here for him to tell her about things which are, objectively, much worse.
The college thing, she thinks, is not that odd. Maybe he's fixated on one in particular, but of course it'd matter to the mysterious Bill Mulder that his son had his future in order, right?
"What kind of work does he do?"
It sounds like small talk, but she's genuinely curious-- trying to figure out what sort of work could so consume someone.
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Honestly she's a little taken aback by his stating it so baldly, but the last thing she wants is to seem like she can't handle whatever he has to say. Since they're here for him to tell her about things which are, objectively, much worse.
The college thing, she thinks, is not that odd. Maybe he's fixated on one in particular, but of course it'd matter to the mysterious Bill Mulder that his son had his future in order, right?
"What kind of work does he do?"
It sounds like small talk, but she's genuinely curious-- trying to figure out what sort of work could so consume someone.