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Inside the apartment, Mulder's worked with one of Timid's neighbours and a composite artist to come up with a sketch of Timid, whose actual name is Virgil Encanto, or at least that's what it says on the rental lease. Turns out, he doesn't have any birth certificate, social security number, bank account, or anything else that could possibly track him as a living human being. Also turns out, Virgil is a weird name. He apparently translates Italian literature but gets paid in cashiers checks, and Scully mentions the fact that he told Jesse that he was going to New York. Here's where Mulder gets to be the brainiac-- he knows Timid's not that stupid. He suggests making contact with all of Timid's victims-- "past, present, and future"-- and takes all his files to a computer crimes specialist to be recovered and unlocked. Finally, they retrieve the data.

Cut to Huggs' house, where the doorbell's a-ringin'. Something tells me it's not someone selling Girl Scout cookies, though it'd be nice if it was. Thin Mints are really good, and the shortbread are delicious as well. Oh hell, they're all good, except those weird lemon ones which I never really understood. I remember being in Girl Scouts when I was in third grade and standing waist high in boxes and boxes of cookies when we picked up our orders. Yum. Okay, I really need to have dinner. But first, Huggs has to open the door cos I really want Timid to kill her so maybe then she'll show some emotion on her never-changing face. Huggs thinks it might be Joann, but when she realises it's Timid and that he's come to apologise for having skidaddled so quickly earlier in the evening, she lets him in.

Back at the station, Scully says she's going to release Timid's sketch to the news stations so that it can be put on the morning news, but Mulder says it's not necessary because he's found the right people. Scully tries to call Huggs to warn her, but Huggs is too busy trying to tame the quivering in her loins for this stud to even answer, so she doesn't get the message. She just pours him coffee and says that the answering machine will pick up. Then she tells Virgil (haha, Virgil!) that she needs to go and put on some clothes, when what she's really doing is going to e-mail her friend with that whole "You won't believe who's here!" teaser, and she says she'll call her in the morning. Or...will she? DUN DUN DUN.

Back at the station, S&M (ahem) are still making calls to people that Segnor Encanto has had contact with, telling them to keep their doors locked and stay on alert until they're called and told otherwise. When they realise that they couldn't get a hold of two people on the list-- one of them being Huggs-- they decide to go check on them just in case. While Huggs is e-mailing Joanne, she gets a new e-mail from the F.B.I. which includes the sketch of Timid, who now happens to be walking into her bedroom, inching closer and closer. He's all, "I hope you're not talking to some other guy!" and she starts babbling that she's just e-mailing her girlfriend to tell her how happy she is that Timid gave her another chance and hasn't rejected her. That'd play nice if a) she was capable of changing her face / tone of voice whatsoever and b) Timid hadn't caught a reflection of his own sketch in the mirror. He goes along with what Huggs says though, saying he's glad she feels that way 'cos he does too. Huggs gets up and realises she still hasn't changed her clothes, but Timid wants her to know she's beautiful as she is and doesn't need to change a thing. She starts freaking out and is like, "Leave me alone! What do you want?" and he just lunges at her, at her knees or something, I can't really tell.

Outside, Mulder and Scully pull up to Huggs's building while Mark Snow's "Song of the Scattering of Insects" --a million tiny guitar strings all being plucked at once-- scores the scene. They rush into the building and knock on her door, only to be told by Joanne that she's in the condo and just sent an e-mail a few minutes ago. Mulder knocks down the door with his strong, manly feet and when they enter the condo, everything is dark and quiet. The computer screen with Timid's sketch on it has been knocked over, and Mulder sees a man running down the street who he thinks must be Timid. Scully finds Huggs, who is still breathing (barely), and peels the goo out of her mouth while she sucks in air. Scully says she'll stay with Huggs while Mulder goes after Timid.