She hadn't even thought of her career. It feels like a far-away thing, and the truth is, trying to figure out her situation feels so much like a case, it's hard to remember no one's paying for it.
"That's probably for the best," she murmurs with a thoughtful frown. "You could tell them... Hmn. Something with a terrible fever, and I didn't have the wits to call in on my own? Or some kind of family emergency... Presumably they wouldn't try to call Bill."
Somehow she hates the idea of it, looping him into deception while keeping him out of whatever's going on-- but it might be the lesser of two evils. If they grill Mulder on the medical details that could get complicated.
"It's a plan, I think." She sighs lightly. "For now I guess we should call it a night?"
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She hadn't even thought of her career. It feels like a far-away thing, and the truth is, trying to figure out her situation feels so much like a case, it's hard to remember no one's paying for it.
"That's probably for the best," she murmurs with a thoughtful frown. "You could tell them... Hmn. Something with a terrible fever, and I didn't have the wits to call in on my own? Or some kind of family emergency... Presumably they wouldn't try to call Bill."
Somehow she hates the idea of it, looping him into deception while keeping him out of whatever's going on-- but it might be the lesser of two evils. If they grill Mulder on the medical details that could get complicated.
"It's a plan, I think." She sighs lightly. "For now I guess we should call it a night?"