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[most_unwanted]

[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.

Comments

[most_unwanted]

Getting to learn new powers has been pretty cool. I never had magic abilities back home, myself, but it's something I've always wanted to experience.

[geniustheveil]

I'm grateful for everything I've learned from her. It could save a lot of lives if a power like that existed back in my world.

[As far as she knows, it doesn't. She's never come across healing powers like that, not among the senshi or their enemies. Even Usagi's powers had been different.]

[most_unwanted]

It's come in handy for me, too, on more than one occasion. I think Nala's power could be considered the most useful of them all.

[geniustheveil]

It's something everyone needs. [That's always been the real point of being a doctor, to her. When she was younger, it had been about pleasing Mama. It still is, in some ways - or at least, she's glad to make Mama proud. But when she found her path for herself, she was led to a profession where she'd be needed, relied on, and able to help.]

[most_unwanted]

Especially for being sent out to battle as often as we are.

[Any sort of healing ability is worth knowing, and could be the difference between life and death out there...]

[geniustheveil]

Not just here. Back home, too. That was part of why I wanted to become a Doctor.

[most_unwanted]

[Inevitably, this gets him thinking of Scully, and her role as a medical doctor.]

It's a really important profession on any world... You can save a lot of lives in your line of work.

[geniustheveil]

That's what I thought, too. I wanted to do something important with my life.

[most_unwanted]

I hope that you've managed to feel that you've succeeded, so far?

[geniustheveil]

I don't know if I've done anything really remarkable, but I've done my best in all of it. I'm proud of that fact, too.

[most_unwanted]

Doing your best still makes it all worth it. You can look back without regretting anything, that way.

[geniustheveil]

I might still have regrets, but I'll also know I did what I could.

[most_unwanted]

That's just as well. That level of conviction in what you do goes a long way.