Mulder doesn't take her hand, staring up at her like he's not sure where she came from or why she's in here. Sure, she just explained it - but why?
(The answer's obvious: Someone up there wanted her down in the bowels of the building, watching him spend the Bureau's money. She's here to report back on his investigative techniques, his demeanor - hell, maybe his neckties. The whole package. Which just leaves one question, and he has to admit he's curious.)
"You must've drawn the short straw." When he gets out of his chair, pulling off his reading glasses and folding them up in the process, he towers over her. "Who'd you piss off to get X-Files duty, Agent Scully? You can name names - I won't tell."
Under other circumstances, maybe he would...but at this point, who would he tell? Even if he stopped burning bridges at this very moment, he'd be left with a lot of fire-damaged wood.
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(The answer's obvious: Someone up there wanted her down in the bowels of the building, watching him spend the Bureau's money. She's here to report back on his investigative techniques, his demeanor - hell, maybe his neckties. The whole package. Which just leaves one question, and he has to admit he's curious.)
"You must've drawn the short straw." When he gets out of his chair, pulling off his reading glasses and folding them up in the process, he towers over her. "Who'd you piss off to get X-Files duty, Agent Scully? You can name names - I won't tell."
Under other circumstances, maybe he would...but at this point, who would he tell? Even if he stopped burning bridges at this very moment, he'd be left with a lot of fire-damaged wood.