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[Late at night, Mulder is up and about, wandering aimlessly. He's just received Scully's letter so of course that's sending him into a bit of a broody mindset. Sleep? Ha, no, he's not planning to sleep for a while.]

[On the one hand, she's free of all of this. On the other... she's gone. His partner. The one person he trusts more than anyone. And what she's returning home to doesn't sound very pleasant. It's the future relative to him so he has no way of knowing just how safe she really is. He's not supposed to worry, but he can't stop himself from doing so anyway. The troubling thoughts that always come up at these times are there to bother him, too...]

How do we know they really send us home when we vanish from here, anyway?

[Yeah, this is what happens when you overthink everything.]

For anyone who knew... anyone who knows her, Dana Scully has left the building. I'm sure she's relieved to be somewhere a bit more down to earth.

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We don't. But we believe it anyway. Call it a combination of optimism, trusting the Malnosso, and hoping that the experiences of some who've returned extend to everyone.

I don't trust them, but I want to think that these people are safe... I really don't want to even contemplate the alternative. Have you spoken to many people who've made return trips?

But contemplating alternatives can be fun, hee hee.

And that depends on how you define "many".

Not when the alternatives involve being held indefinitely as test subjects!

And... I'd go with anyone at all, really... anyone who can prove that they really went home. [Like the ones who age a few years while away, that's hard to argue with as evidence.]

In that case, yes, I've spoken to many. But why do you think the Malnosso would move us elsewhere if they already have us here?

That's something I'm still trying to determine. And if the Malnosso aren't responsible for us being sent back... then what is? Whatever force really brings us here in the first place?

As far as they seem to be able to tell, it's the world itself. If the Malnosso could send us home, they wouldn't be here either.

Right, and they're supposedly working on finding a way. You'd think they'd have made more progress by now... I wonder how much they aren't telling us.

Oh, plenty. That's why we have to believe them anyway. Because until one of us comes up with our own inspired way to get out of here that doesn't backfire in our faces, it's much better for both parties involved if we just go along with everything.

Go along with everything, but still keep wary and watching for them to slip up. It has to happen sooner or later.

But just what are the goals you'd pursue when they do?

Find a way to stop the experiments, to get us out of here, to stop all of these things that have been beyond our control, so far.

As far as I'm aware, you're completely free to pursue the second as you are. If you could find a reliable way back to our own worlds, they might even celebrate you as a hero.

Something to consider while you're watching and waiting.

Maybe so, though I'm not really interested in heroics as much as I am getting out of this situation. No one should have to live as a lab rat... and we are, no matter how comfortable our lives might seem in between things.

On the other hand, there's something to be said for being comfortable lab rats. So before you attempt some scheme, it's a good idea to make sure you're ready for what might happen if it goes poorly.

I won't argue with that. Besides, it's going to take more than just me, myself, and I to pull off something like that. We're definitely talking something with widescale planning. Something that we don't want to screw up.

Have you already heard about the last plan to try escaping from here?

Which one was that?

[Even if it turns out he has heard of it, it's worth gaining another perspective anyway.]

The one that ended with at least one mastermind blinded.

Ah, yes, I'd heard a thing or two about it... What can you tell me, from your perspective on it? Were you involved in any way?

[He can't help but go into investigator mode, curious for his take on it.]

I warned them that just because they'd had success at home didn't mean they'd have success here.

After all, we've had more than one resident who could previously claim to move between worlds and had such abilities rendered void here.

Right, and so far I have yet to meet anyone who's been able to override that, either. They're a little too good at making sure that sort of power is blocked.

It may be the world itself. After all, if the Malnosso's word is to be believed, it's artificial Shifts that keep us limited, isn't it? And natural Shifts that bring us here. So it isn't too much of a stretch to imagine there could be a natural Shift which keeps us limited, too.

I could subscribe to that theory. If the experiments really are meant as finding a way of getting out of here, the Shift that's keeping us here has to be something out of their hands.

I certainly don't see anything the Malnosso have to gain by keeping under wraps anyone who can bring other people between worlds as they go.

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