[ Although she has never technically met Scully, Marita knows quite a lot about her thanks to working with the Syndicate. It is even more strange to think that, even in a place like Luceti, they have yet to cross paths. The town itself is not necessarily small, but definitely insular, that she is surprised she has not once crossed paths with either one of them in her first two days here.

Mulder's reaction, on the other hand, does not surprise her one bit. ]

We're... colleagues. [ Not entirely a lie, but the word is loosely used in this case. ] It has been awhile before we last spoke, due to work circumstances... but the time of them being brought here, to the time of my world doesn't add up. Which tells me that whatever the Malnosso is capable of does not adhere to the rules of time and space itself. In my world, physical human bodies are not capable of enduring such things on their own.

That is, if our prior theory is not taken into account.