It's potentially better for Skinner's blood pressure not to have them, but who knows-- the current state of the Bureau is far from her concerns at the moment. But she thinks, if he could, he'd help them. The question really is if there's anything he can do.

"We don't have to deal with it now. Maybe tomorrow-- I think I'd like to check in anyway, let him know I'm holding up."

She's pretty sure he could do the math, too; knew the moment she'd been taken from, and how tenuous her health is.

Meanwhile, she's watching Mulder with thinly-veiled interest, trying to remember if she's ever seen him cook with anything other than a phone and credit card.