Skinner: You're on pretty shaky ground here, Agent Doggett.
Doggett: Something happened here that night.
Skinner: But you're forgetting one thing-- Fox Mulder wouldn't do this.
Doggett: Mulder came to see you last year. Not to save Marie Hangemuhl. To save himself.
(Flashback of Mulder lying passively naked on the rug in front of the fire. He is looking up at the creature in curiosity and fear. The creature is gasping, sad and in pain.)
Doggett: Mulder was dying, but he kept it a secret. He had an undiagnosed brain disease. He was a sick man, desperate to find a cure.
Blonde Woman: They all are.
(Flashback. Mulder watches in fearful pity as the creature dislocates its jaw.)
Doggett: Mulder didn't do it.
Blonde Woman: Agent Mulder saw how it suffered. He saw it in its eyes. I knew what needed to be done. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Doggett: Mulder killed it.
Blonde Woman: He couldn't bear to add to its pain.
Doggett: So he came back here that night to take its pain away.
(Skinner hands the paper to Doggett and leaves. Doggett looks at the symbol a moment, then lowers it. Across the office behind the other desk Mulder stands in the shadows, watching him. Doggett stares at him. Mulder is there for another moment, then is not there.)
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