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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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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.

They don't, and if they had someone like that I'm sure they'd be out of here by now. Of course, that doesn't mean they don't have other secrets they're keeping from us.

And we from them. But that's the nature of any group of people.

They've had such people, in this very enclosure, even. But they had all become just as useless as the rest of us upon arrival. It's not the ability itself that's the problem. It's the worlds' tendency to neuter it.

It's too bad that's always the case, and there's not some weird exception to that rule. A power that could somehow function around it...

That's the Holy Grail everyone has been looking for.

At least, as far as we know.

Chances are, there's got to be a loophole somewhere, a power which could work in an unexpected way. I guess we'll have to keep looking and waiting.

Well, do let the rest of us in on it if you find it, hee hee.

Believe me, I'll be more than glad to spread the word. I only hope others would do likewise if someone else finds it.

In an ideal world, we wouldn't even have to worry about things like that. At least if no one finds it, we all lose. There's some consolation in that.

Yeah, better we all stay stuck together, than someone withholding the information from the rest of us. I'd like to believe people wouldn't be so selfish... but you just never know.

If too many people do that, then there won't be any information at all. That's why even those who are selfish benefit from sharing. Or at the very least, trading.

Exactly... we're all in the same boat here, even those who might not play well with others need to set that aside so we can get out of here.

[He's heard people talk about the alleged past crimes of some villagers, and he's also met some who he knows of as being similarly problematic. But they have a common situation here to deal with.]

The real problem comes once we have a way out.

[ He giggles. ]

But I suppose that's an issue for later.

I can only imagine the chaos it would cause. Still, I'm sure many will be relieved to finally have a way out of here.

If they can even use it.

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