NAVAJO RESERVATION; TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO
(Mulder sits in a congregation of the Navajo. He is still draped in the blanket. Albert walks over and sits down across from him.)
ALBERT HOSTEEN:
You must be careful now to end the ceremony properly.
If you leave, you must not do any work, change clothes or bathe for four days.
MULDER:
That's really going to cut into my social life.
(Everyone laughs.)
ALBERT HOSTEEN:
The boys have a gift for you.
(The youngest boy walks up to Mulder and hands him a small pouch. Mulder opens it and pours out sunflower seeds. He smiles.)
You asked for them during your worst fevers.
MULDER:
During my fever, I...
I left here and travelled to a place.
ALBERT HOSTEEN:
This place. You carry it with you.
It is inside of you. It is the origin place.
MULDER:
It wasn't a dream?
ALBERT HOSTEEN:
Yes.
(Mulder stares at him, perplexed. A man stands and wipes out the design on the board that had been drawn on before. Albert stands.)
We are done now.
(Everyone else stands and starts to leave, except Mulder, who remains seated as the morning sounds ring in.)
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