"Strong ... Independent" . . . Mulder, Scully and Detective Pennock stood looking through the one-way window of the interrogation room at the suspect in a murder -- a young, blind woman by the name of Marty Glenn.

     "I don't know," Mulder pronounced in an attempt to convince the detective about Marty's possible innocence. "I think she just wants us to think that she's strong . . . independent." As the word 'independent' left his mouth, he found his gaze resting upon the strongest, most independent woman he knew.

     "It's important to her," he added, his voice softening a bit as Scully turned to look at him. Their gazes met and held for an infinitesimal moment or two where understanding passed between them -- Mulder communicating without words his knowledge in the importance of Scully's strength and independence to her and Scully, sending an acknowledgment of that perception.

     Detective Pennock's comment about Marty Glenn's guilt barely broke through the unspoken dialogue between the two partners and almost off-handedly Mulder offered a response, his gaze melting away from Scully's to look at the cop.