"Caffeine was my best friend for a long time," he said with a laugh and a shake of his head. "I'm not sure which part of my life involved more of it -- when I was working for the FBI or when I was a college professor. I think it might actually be a toss-up."
Though sometimes when he thought about it, he'd have to say that the win went to the time between when he'd been experimented on and when Mulder had been on trial. The time when he'd been working off unholy amounts of caffeine for the headaches and stolen painkillers for everything else.
"And now that I think about it, no, the Black Friday insanity is why she's allowed to stab people. The no caffeine day was just the first time she almost actually did it." Not that it was much better, it just made more sense.