"Oh - yeah." Put it away, Fox. He turns the phone toward her so she can see the text of an article. It won't mean anything, he figures - it's mainstream news, and she'll have never heard of anyone called Obama. After she's seen the screen, he clicks a button on the side, and it goes dark. "Paper news is a dying art."

After he sets down his phone, he adds, "Are you hungry? I have some bagels in the fridge."

What he actually means is eat, you have to keep your strength up, but he wouldn't have said it so baldly in '97, let alone now. Scully needs to make her own choices here. "Actually - I think the eggs are still good. Let me make you a breakfast sandwich."