MULDER: (voiceover) I have lived with a fragile faith built on the ether of vague memories from an experience that I can neither prove nor explain. When I was twelve, my sister was taken from me, taken from our home by a force that I came to believe was extraterrestrial. This belief sustained me, fueling a quest for truths that were as elusive as the memory itself. To believe as passionately as I did was not without sacrifice, but I always accepted the risks ... to my career, my reputation, my relationships ... to life itself ... What happened to me out on the ice has justified every belief. If I should die now, it would be with the certainty that my faith has been righteous. And if, through death, larger mysteries are revealed, I will have already learned the answer to the question that has driven me here ... that there is intelligent life in the universe other than our own... that they are here among us ...and they have begun to colonize.
SCULLY: I've got a bad feeling about this case, Mulder.
SCULLY: Our "friend" from the CIA is about as unbelievable as his story. As is everything about this case. I mean, whatever happened to "Trust No One," Mulder?
MULDER: (to SCULLY) I think you're paranoid.
BILL MULDER: The certainty... becomes a comfort that allows you to move on. We bury our memories so deep after all that has been destroyed... never expecting...
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