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They could both tell an argument was about to break out. Mulder scoffed at Scully’s lack of vision. Scully seethed at Mulder’s overly imaginative explanations. They both lunged for the desk.
“No!” Scully shouted, grabbing the glasses first. She slid them on her face, the cool metal of the thin frame doing little to soothe her building rage.
“Mulder, it is completely ridiculous that after my autopsy, you’d think this could still be extraterrestrial!” she shot out, right off the bat. It never did take her very long to formulate an argument defending plausibility.
Mulder just rolled his eyes, placing his hands on his hips.
“The body temperature was completely normal, decomposition rates were–”
“Mulder!” Scully swatted his arm. “Remember the rules. I’m wearing the glasses.”
He nodded his head, pursing his lips in a very Mulder way. Scully took a breath, regaining her composure.
“Mulder, alright, the decomposition rates were a little odd,” Mulder let out a thankful hum at Scully’s acceptance. “That doesn’t mean that the victim was alien, though.”
She looked at him expectantly before realizing she herself had forgotten the rule. “Oh, right,” she slid them off of her face. “Here.”
Mulder adjusted the glasses, metal now warmer, and began, “The decomposition rates were much more than odd, Scully. It took him, what, almost three times longer than a normal human to set into rigor?”
“Forgetting our own rules so soon?”
Scully shook her head, biting the knuckle of her thumb. She had to stop herself somehow physically from arguing back.
“Scully, do you think, keyword think, that something could be found in a re-examination of the body?” Mulder handed the glasses to her, watching as she slid them on.
She was silent at first before letting out a puff of breath. “I’m sure a re-examination wouldn’t hurt.”
The tension had simmered down, leaving them both excited for the possibilities of the case.
“Scully, may I speak freely?” Mulder asked, swaying on his feet.
Scully folded up the arms of the glasses and placed them back on the desk. “Only if I can, Mulder.”