[Mulder shifts the phone to his other ear so he can take another drink of the soda.]
"I'll shoot him a text too then. I can't believe it happened while I'm away. Not that I'd really know how to comfort a vulcan, I guess, but he's a friend - I'd like to be there for him."
[Mulder sighs and puts the soda back down on the table and leans his head back against the wall]
"I really didn't mean to be gone this long. Was just planning on a couple of days - come up, see what there was here. Didn't expect to see home, exactly, just what was here. Maybe prove to myself this wasn't home. And I think I did that, think I cleared some other things too, honestly. I was doing a bit of local research and then yesterday afternoon I got recognized by a local detective. She said hello - and then this morning she came by my hotel room to have me help with a case. And I didn't think that you might get worried if you hadn't heard from me."