I still need to clean out my stuff. [ Which would be true either way, but is especially true when Scully's giving him that look. ] I think there's still a VCR down there someplace, we could put on some vintage porn and you can make sure I don't miss anything under the desk.
[ The thought of actually cleaning the place out hasn't actually sunk in; he's not sure he's capable of it - even now, even knowing that it's nowhere near as cluttered as it was at the height of their work. Part of him wants the office to stay the way it is, a monument to everything they achieved. Shut it up like an ancient tomb and let some future Howard Carter discover it in a few years. ]
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[ The thought of actually cleaning the place out hasn't actually sunk in; he's not sure he's capable of it - even now, even knowing that it's nowhere near as cluttered as it was at the height of their work. Part of him wants the office to stay the way it is, a monument to everything they achieved. Shut it up like an ancient tomb and let some future Howard Carter discover it in a few years. ]