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Season 3 · Episode 1

The Blessing Way

Character-labelled dialogue prepared from the official DVD subtitle track.

Production code3X01Original airdate · September 22, 1995
245 dialogue entries
Scene 01

NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO

[ helicopter rotors clattering ]

Albert Hosteen

There is an ancient indian saying... That something lives only as long as the last person who remembers it. My people have come to trust memory over history. Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable. While history serves only those who seek to control it, those who would douse the flame of memory, in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth. Beware these men... For they are dangerous themselves and unwise. Their false history is written in the blood of those who might remember... And of those who seek the truth.

Scene 02

ALBERT HOSTEEN'S HOUSE

Soldier #1

Let's go!

Soldier #2

Get down! Get down! Don't move!

Soldier #1

On your knees. Hands behind your head.

Cigarette-Smoking Man

I want to know where Mulder is.

Albert Hosteen

I don't know.

Cigarette-Smoking Man

His car's parked outside! He was here! I want Mulder, and I want those files!

Albert Hosteen

You will find nothing here.

[ man muttering ]

Dana Scully

What happened?

Albert Hosteen

There were men. They were looking for your partner.

Dana Scully

Where is he?

[ echoing ]

Dana Scully

Mulder!

Scene 03

NAVAJO RESERVATION · NORTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO

[ helicopter approaching ]

Male Trooper

Out of the car! Come on! Hands on top! Spread your legs!

Dana Scully

Where's agent Mulder?

Male Trooper

Turn and face away! Where are the files?

Dana Scully

In the trunk.

Male Trooper

We need the dat copy!

Dana Scully

I don't have it.

Male Trooper

Who has it?

Dana Scully

Agent Mulder.

Male Trooper

Let's go!

Scene 04

FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.

Man

It is the recommendation of the office of professional conduct... That special agent Dana Scully... Be given a mandatory leave of absence... Until the full detail of her misconduct can be calculated. This summary action is justified under the o.p.c. Articles of review, and agent Scully will complete her suspension of duty... Without pay or benefits due to the nature of her insubordination... And the direct disobedience of her superior agents. We will have to ask that you check your weapon and your badge... Before you leave the building, agent Scully.

Walter Skinner

We'd also ask that you make yourself available to answer further questions... In our investigation into agent Mulder's whereabouts.

Dana Scully

I've told you everything I know. To the best of my knowledge, agent Mulder is dead.

Walter Skinner

Don't think that this hasn't been difficult for everyone. Agent Scully.

Dana Scully

Who are these people?

Walter Skinner

These people are doing their job.

Dana Scully

What they're doing is putting an official stamp on the perpetuation of a lie.

Walter Skinner

These people have a protocol to follow, which is something you and agent Mulder did not do.

Dana Scully

What about the people who were poisoning agent Mulder's water? Who's protocol was that?

Walter Skinner

The investigation--

Dana Scully

The investigation will be an exercise. The men who killed agent Mulder, the people who killed his father-- they aren't meant to be found.

Walter Skinner

We will find them.

Dana Scully

With all due respect, sir, I think you overestimate... Your position in the chain of command.

Scene 05

Scene 05

Syndicate Elder

Where were the safeguards against this? These files were never to be seen. Forty years of work. The damage could be incalculable. The damage is done.

Cigarette-Smoking Man

Gentlemen, we have control. The files have been recovered, and the men involved in their theft... Have been removed without incident. There is a small matter of concern with the FBI, but we'll handle that internally, as usual. The media attention will amount to nothing more than a few, uh, scattered obituaries. The Mulder problem. Special agent Mulder is dead. His body will not be recovered. He'll be officially listed as missing until the matter can be resolved quietly. And we've recovered the copy of the stolen computer files? Yes. Then all the pertinent parties should be informed that we can continue with our work.

Scene 06

MARGARET SCULLY'S HOUSE

Margaret Scully

Dana.

Dana Scully

Hi, mom.

Margaret Scully

What are you doing with your shoes?

Dana Scully

They, uh-- they started to give me blisters, so--

Margaret Scully

You walked here at this time of night?

[ sobbing ]

Dana Scully

Oh, mom.

Margaret Scully

What is it, Dana?

Dana Scully

I've made a terrible mistake. Dad would be so ashamed of me.

[ sobs ]

Scene 07

NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO

Albert Hosteen

The men who had come and threatened us... Did not return to our house again. But the following day, some of the boys from the reservation... Came to tell us they had seen buzzards flying out near the quarry... Where Eric had first encountered the men.

[ squawking ]

Albert Hosteen

The buzzard is a large but cowardly bird. It does not work for its prey, letting others provide the kill. When I see them circling in the desert, this can only mean that something has died, and they are going to pick its bones. Or that death is close, and they are waiting for it to do its work for them. We did not see what they saw, but I remembered something I had seen as a younger man. Just as my grandson had done, I, too, had found a body at the quarry... In a hole, half-buried under rocks. But even the buzzards, who will eat anything, would not touch it. This spot is where we found what the buzzards had come for. We could not tell at first who or what it was. But I knew what the buzzards knew-- that the smell of death was upon it. [ grunting ] the desert does not forgive man his weakness. Weak or strong, it takes no mercy... And can kill a man in less than a day.

[ speaks in native language ]

Albert Hosteen

To survive, one must develop skin like leather, know where to find water and when to take shelter. The FBI man would have surely died had he not stayed underground, protected like the jackrabbit or the Fox. Even so, death was near. In accordance with our ancient traditions, to summon the holy people... And tell them that a ceremony will be held. It is called "the blessing way chant." only the holy people can save the FBI man's life now. He is in their hands.

Scene 08

SCULLY'S APARTMENT

[ native language ]

[ doorbell chimes ]

Dana Scully

Frohike.

Frohike

I know it's late. But I heard the news. Maybe I should go. Pardon my presumptuousness.

Dana Scully

How much have you had to drink?

Frohike

Do you recycle? He was a good friend. A redwood among mere sprouts. I guess this means he's passing you the torch.

Dana Scully

Uh, I'm afraid not. I'm soon to be out of a job.

Frohike

Those sons of bitches. They're rigging the game.

Dana Scully

And like rats they just scatter back into the woodpile.

Frohike

The rats that killed the cat.

Dana Scully

What's this?

Frohike

It's a news item about kenneth soona-- a.k.a. "the Thinker"-- the man who hacked the m.j. Files. The ones he gave to Mulder. "

Dana Scully

Kenneth j. Soona was killed execution style... "in what appears to be professional murder. His body found in the trenton city landfill." what's the date on this? This was the day before yesterday. This is after Mulder disappeared. Could they be so stupid?

Scene 09

NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO

Albert Hosteen

This healing ritual called "the blessing way," has been passed down by our ancient navaho ancestors. Its songs and prayers... Must be followed just as they have been for centuries. Or the holy people will not be summoned. I watched my father perform the chants as a young boy... And saw their healing magic. But my fear for the FBI man... Was that his spirit did not want to be healed, that it wished to join the spirit of his own father... Who had died and did not want to return to the world of the living. His body has become tired and weak and it searches for rest.

[ drumbeat ]

[ chanting ]

[ chanting continues ]

Albert Hosteen

If the struggle to continue is too hard... Or the wish to join his ancestors too strong, the body will give up. But if the desire to resume life burns brightly enough, the holy people will be merciful. The days and nights now will be long and difficult for the FBI man... As the holy people come and help him to choose.

Deep Throat

I was first struck by the absence of time, having depended on it so completely... As a measure of myself and my life. Moving backwards into the perpetual night it consumes... Purpose and deed, all passion and will. I come to you, old friend, with the dull clarity of the dead, not to beckon you, but to feel the fire... And intensity that still live in you. And the heavy weight of your burdens which I had once borne. There is truth, you know, old friend, if that's all you seek. But there's no justice or judgment, without which truth is a... Vast... Dead... Hollow. Go back. Do not look into the abyss or let the abyss look into you. Awaken the sleep of reason and fight... The monsters within and without.

[ hissing ]

[ creatures clamoring ]

[ creatures screaming ]

[ hissing continues ]

Bill Mulder

Hello, son. I did not dare hope to see you so soon. Nor ever again hope to broker fate... With a life to which I gave life. The lies I told you... Were a pox and poison to my soul. And now you are here because of them. Lies I thought might bury forever a truth... I could not live with. I stand here ashamed... Of the choices I made so long ago, when you were just a boy. You are the memory, Fox. It lives in you. If you were to die now, the truth will die, and only the lies survive us.

Fox Mulder

My sister... Is she here?

Bill Mulder

No. The thing that will destroy me, the truth I felt you must never learn, is the truth you will find, if you are to go forward.

Scene 10

FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.

Tour Guide

Okay, I just need everyone to step through the metal detector. And we'll begin the tour. The facility you're in is called the j. Edgar hoover building. It was finished in 1974 and built on the site of the original FBI headquarters. We'll also see a display on the "ten most wanted." you might see a few of your relatives there. [ laughing ]

Security Guard

Makin' you come in the front door these days, are they, agent Scully?

Dana Scully

For now.

[ detector beeps ]

Security Guard

You carryin' your weapon?

Dana Scully

No.

Security Guard

Sorry to have to run you through this.

Dana Scully

That's okay. That was weird.

Security Guard

I've had a straight pin set this machine off. But, uh, you can go on through.

Dana Scully

Thank you.

[ door opening ]

Walter Skinner

Scully, come in, please. You said you needed to see me concerning the investigation?

Dana Scully

Yes, sir. I came across a news article. A man's body was found in New Jersey, and I believe... That he was killed by the same man responsible for agent Mulder.

Walter Skinner

Can I see it?

Dana Scully

The date of death postdates agent Mulder's disappearance. Now, you already have the ballistics data... From agent Mulder's father on file. I would like you to run it against the ballistics from this man's case.

Walter Skinner

To try and prove what?

Dana Scully

Well, if both men were killed by the same weapon, we could prove that agent Mulder didn't kill his father. And it could also help us find the man who did.

Walter Skinner

You've been relieved of your investigative function.

Dana Scully

Yes, I know that, sir. I just thought this might be helpful.

Walter Skinner

I'm afraid not. This case would've been handled by the trenton p.d. They're on our drug/fire ballistics database. If there was a match on the two slugs, all the bells and whistles would have gone off by now.

Dana Scully

You don't want to check?

Walter Skinner

Miss Scully, I think you underestimate... The duties and responsibilities of my position as assistant director.

Dana Scully

I was just trying to cooperate with your investigation, sir.

Walter Skinner

To mitigate your situation and enhance... Your chances of reinstatement, isn't that right?

Dana Scully

No! I just want answers.

Walter Skinner

And so do I! I want to know why I was asked to execute a search warrant on your apartment... To look for a digital cassette.

Dana Scully

I don't have it.

Walter Skinner

Is this tape what agent Mulder died for?

Dana Scully

I believe so.

Walter Skinner

You want to bring me a smoking gun, Scully? You bring me this tape. Otherwise, I would ask you to go home, sit tight... And let us do our job.

Dana Scully

Is that all, sir?

Walter Skinner

Yes, that's all.

Cigarette-Smoking Man

Did you ask her about the tape?

Walter Skinner

She says she doesn't have it.

Cigarette-Smoking Man

Is that what she says?

Walter Skinner

Yes, that's what she says.

Cigarette-Smoking Man

Well, that's unfortunate for everyone.

Security Guard

Back again?

Dana Scully

I'm just curious about something. Would you mind if I went through here again?

Security Guard

Come on through.

[ detector beeps ]

Security Guard

This thing is more sensitive than a toothache.

Dana Scully

Would you mind running the wand over me one more time?

Security Guard

Sure.

[ wand humming ]

Security Guard

You wearin' a necklace or something?

Dana Scully

No. Not today.

Security Guard

Then what the hell is that?

Dana Scully

What do you think it could be?

Doctor

I don't know. It's embedded in your soft tissue here. It looks like maybe a piece of buckshot or something.

Dana Scully

I don't know how it could have gotten there.

Doctor

I can feel it just under the skin. And now that I'm looking at it closely, there's a tiny little scar over it. If you want, I could do a local and pull it out of there.

Dana Scully

Yeah. Thanks for coming down here to do this for me so late.

Doctor

No problem. You were probably wounded in the line of duty, and you didn't even know it.

Scene 11

NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO

Albert Hosteen

For three days, the "blessing way" chant was performed. The FBI man suffered great fevers, and his body burned like fire. There was doubt that he would recover, but the spirits were in attendance. Because on the night of the third day, he opened his eyes and asked for water. The ritual bath must be given outside the hogan before sunrise. The FBI man was weak from his journey and did not wish to speak. But like a rising sun, I sensed in him a rebirth. Still, it will take time to regain his strength.

Scene 12

FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.

Doctor

Well, it's definitely not buckshot. I, uh, know what it looks like to me, but I couldn't tell you how it got there. Take a look.

Dana Scully

It looks like a computer chip.

Doctor

That's what it looks like.

Scene 13

MELISSA SCULLY'S HOUSE

Dana Scully

I don't even know how long it's been in there. I have absolutely no recollection of it being put there.

Melissa Scully

That is frightening. Dana, this is very serious. You got to find out what this is.

Dana Scully

I don't have access to the FBI labs.

Melissa Scully

No. I'm talking about access to your own memory. [ scoffs ] obviously, you have buried this so deeply, you can't consciously recall it.

Dana Scully

Melissa.

Melissa Scully

I know someone-- someone who can help you.

Dana Scully

No!

Melissa Scully

What are you so afraid of, Dana? Yeah, I mean, you are so shut off to the possibility... There could be any other explanation... Except for your rigid, scientific view of the world. It's like you've lost all touch with your own intuition. You're carrying so much grief and fear that you can't see... You've built up these walls around your true feelings... And the memory of what really happened. Just do this for me... As your sister. Please.

Scene 14

DOCTOR POMERANTZ'S OFFICE

Mark Pomerantz

A modified form of hypnosis which involves what is called... Holotropic breath work. This will quiet your interpretive mind so that... We can cut through the interference with your memories and perceptions. Now, what I want you to do is to maintain a focus on your breath. Relax your breathing. Now, I want you to close your eyes and think of a place... Where you've always felt completely comfortable... And safe. You told me of your experience of being taken away... And losing time. Do you remember how you felt just before this happened?

Dana Scully

I was afraid.

Mark Pomerantz

Do you remember what you were afraid of? Uh--

Dana Scully

That I would die.

Mark Pomerantz

But you didn't die. Someone must have cared for you. Do you remember who that someone was?

Dana Scully

There were men, um-- a man took me. There was a light and... Loud sounds. My, uh-- my ears were pounding.

Mark Pomerantz

They performed a procedure on you. Do you remember any pain during this?

Dana Scully

I'm trying-- the sound is all screwed up. There was an alarm. Is it-- I remember, um-- they wanted to know if I was all right.

Mark Pomerantz

Maybe you trusted them not to hurt you. Could this be possible?

Dana Scully

I don't know.

Mark Pomerantz

At the FBI, you work with people you must entrust with your life. Could it have been one of these people?

Dana Scully

I had to trust them. I was powerless. I couldn't-- I could not resist them.

Mark Pomerantz

If this is too painful, I want you to go back to that comfortable place where we began... And try again. [ gasps ]

Dana Scully

No! I'm sorry. I'm trying. I'm trying.

[ exhales ]

Dana Scully

I don't think this is working. I don't think we're getting anywhere. Thank you, but you'll have to excuse me.

Scene 16

NAVAJO RESERVATION · TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO

Albert Hosteen

You must be careful now to end this ceremony properly. If you leave, you must not do any work, change clothes or bathe for four days.

Fox Mulder

That's really going to cut into my social life. [ men laughing ]

Albert Hosteen

The boys have a gift for you. You asked for them during your worst fevers.

Fox Mulder

During my fever I left here and traveled to a place.

Albert Hosteen

This place. You carry it with you. It is inside of you. It is the origin place.

Fox Mulder

It wasn't a dream?

Albert Hosteen

Yes. We are done now.

Scene 17

FBI HEADQUARTERS · WASHINGTON, D.C.

[ ringing ]

Walter Skinner

Skinner.

Dana Scully

You came to see me today.

Walter Skinner

Excuse me?

Dana Scully

You came to my apartment. I assume you wanted to see me about something.

Walter Skinner

I don't know what you're talking about.

Dana Scully

I saw you come out of my building.

Walter Skinner

You've obviously made a mistake. I'm sorry. I need some air. Excuse me.

Scene 18

SCULLY'S APARTMENT · WASHINGTON, D.C.

Fox Mulder

I have been on the bridge that spans two worlds, the link between all souls by which we Cross into our own true nature. You were here today looking for a truth that was taken from you-- a truth that was never to be spoken, but which now binds us together in dangerous purpose. I've returned from the dead to continue with you, but I fear that this danger is now close at hand-- that I may be too late.

Scene 19

GARDEN OF REFLECTION · PARKWAY CEMETERY · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

[ gasps ]

[ sighs ]

Priest

So we are here to mourn the passing of William Mulder, to join in our grief for our loss, to share also the memories of a man whose life was rich and full. And who made his family's and his friends' lives richer and fuller as well. Sadly, I've been informed today by the mother of William's children... That his son, Fox, could not be here to join us in this time of sorrow.

[ mourners speaking softly ]

Dana Scully

Mrs. Mulder?

Mrs. Mulder

Yes?

Dana Scully

I'm Dana Scully. I work with your son. Um-- I know what you may have heard from the FBI, but I have a very strong feeling that your son is going to be found.

Mrs. Mulder

Oh, my goodness gracious.

Dana Scully

I think he's still alive.

Mrs. Mulder

How do you know?

Dana Scully

I just have a very strong feeling. I promise I'll let you know as soon as I do.

Mrs. Mulder

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Well-Manicured Man

Hello. I see you're a friend of the family. So am I. Do you think we might find a moment to speak?

Dana Scully

About?

Well-Manicured Man

Very serious matters. Please. Shall we find someplace away from the others? I couldn't help overhearing your conversation. You think the son is still alive?

Dana Scully

Who are you?

Well-Manicured Man

I'm a member of a kind of consortium. We represent certain global interests.

Dana Scully

What kind of interests?

Well-Manicured Man

Interests that would be extremely threatened by the digital tape... That you are no longer in possession of.

Dana Scully

Threatened enough to murder?

Well-Manicured Man

Oh, my, yes.

Dana Scully

what do you know about Mulder? -

Well-Manicured Man

That he is dead. Cui bono?

Dana Scully

You're lying.

Well-Manicured Man

I'm not here to tell you lies.

Dana Scully

What are you here for?

Well-Manicured Man

To tell you your life is in danger too.

Dana Scully

Leave me alone.

Well-Manicured Man

They'll kill you one of two ways. They'll send someone, possibly two men, to kill you in your home or in the garage... With an unregistered weapon which will be left at the scene. Using false documents supplied by associates of mine, they'll be out of the country in less than two hours.

Dana Scully

You said there were two ways.

Well-Manicured Man

Yes. He or she... Will be someone close to you, someone you trust. They'll arrange a meeting or come to your house unexpectedly. You have someplace else you might stay?

Dana Scully

Why? Why kill me?

Well-Manicured Man

You want something they don't. Justice. And because they are now quite certain you don't have... The computer copy of the files they're looking for.

Dana Scully

Why are you protecting me?

Well-Manicured Man

I feel... My colleagues are acting... Impulsively. Your death will draw unnecessary attention to our group.

Dana Scully

You're not protecting me. You're protecting yourself.

Well-Manicured Man

Why should that surprise you? Motives are rarely unselfish.

Dana Scully

What kind of business are you in?

Well-Manicured Man

We predict the future. The best way to predict the future... Is to invent it. Good day, young lady.

Scene 20

MARTHA'S VINEYARD · WEST TISBURY, MASSACHUSETTS

Fox Mulder

Mom.

Mrs. Mulder

Oh, my god! Oh, Fox. I can't believe it. I expected the worst.

Fox Mulder

I need your help, mom. I don't have much time.

Mrs. Mulder

They said something terrible had happened to you.

Fox Mulder

I'm okay. But I need your help. I need you to remember. I need to know more about dad. Who these people are.

Mrs. Mulder

It was all so long ago.

Fox Mulder

I need you to try to remember, mom. These pictures were taken in 1972. Where?

Mrs. Mulder

I don't know.

Fox Mulder

Dad was working for the state department. He'd go on the road. Where would he go.

Mrs. Mulder

I don't remember, Fox. Please.

Fox Mulder

Will you look at the pictures, mom?

Mrs. Mulder

Don't do this.

Fox Mulder

Look at them! He must have talked about his work. Don't do this to me. About the men he worked with. Did he ever bring them home? Were they ever here?

Mrs. Mulder

Yes. But I don't remember their names anymore. What does this have to do with, Fox?

Fox Mulder

I think it has to do with Samantha. I think it has to do with what happened to my sister.

Scene 21

SCULLY'S APARTMENT · WASHINGTON, D.C.

[ ringing ]

Dana Scully

Hello?

Melissa Scully

Dana, it's your sister.

Dana Scully

Hi.

Melissa Scully

Hi. Where have you been?

Dana Scully

I, uh-- I had to go to boston-- for a funeral.

Melissa Scully

Well, I was worried about you.

Dana Scully

Why?

Melissa Scully

Because I haven't heard from you since you saw dr. Pomerantz.

Dana Scully

Missy, something strange happened to me today. I'm-- I'm a bit freaked out by it.

Melissa Scully

Okay, look. I-I want to come over. I want to talk to you. Are you going to be there for a while?

Dana Scully

Yeah. Yeah, I will.

Melissa Scully

Okay, I'll see you in a bit. Bye.

[ phone rings ]

[ click ]

Dana Scully

Hi.

[ dialing phone ]

[ line ringing ]

Dana Scully

[ ringing continues ] come on, come on, come on.

[ ringing ]

[ clicks ]

Melissa Scully On Machine

Hi. This is Melissa. I'm sorry to have missed your call. Please leave a message and I call you back, okay? Have a really nice day. [ beep ]

Dana Scully

Missy, it's me. Please pick up. Missy. Missy, pick up-- I'm coming over to your place instead. I'll-I'll, uh-- I'll look for you on the way. Bye.

[ car engine starting ]

[ car accelerating ]

[ tires screech ]

Walter Skinner

Scully, get in the car. I need to talk to you. It's very important.

Dana Scully

I was going to my sister's.

Walter Skinner

I'll drop you by there. Right now, I need for you to come with me.

Dana Scully

Where are we going?

Walter Skinner

To a place we can talk in private.

Scene 22

MULDER'S APARTMENT

Dana Scully

After you.

[ gun cocks ]

Dana Scully

Eyes forward. Keep your hands where I can see them. Don't turn around or I'll blow your head off. Don't think I won't do it, you son of a bitch.

Walter Skinner

No, I believe you. Just stay cool. I'm with you.

Dana Scully

Take two steps forward. Now move slowly towards the couch. Turn around and sit down on your hands.

Walter Skinner

Are you going to let me tell you why I'm here?

Dana Scully

I know why you're here. I want to know who sent you-- whose errand boy you are.

Walter Skinner

No one sent me.

Dana Scully

You've got the rest of your life to give me answers.

Scene 23

SCULLY'S APARTMENT · WASHINGTON, D.C.

[ grunt ]

Alex Krycek

Oh, no. [ sighs ] oh, damn it.

Hispanic Man

What's wrong?

Alex Krycek

Let's-- let's get out of here.

Scene 24

MULDER'S APARTMENT

Dana Scully

How high does it go, Skinner? Who's pulling the strings?

Walter Skinner

You can kill me, Scully, but you'll only be doing their work for 'em. Forget about your job and your family. You'll spend the rest of your life behind bars. There isn't a federal judge that they couldn't persuade.

Dana Scully

What the alternative? Let you kill me now?

Walter Skinner

I didn't come here to kill you. I came here to give you something. I've got the digital tape.

Dana Scully

You're lying.

Walter Skinner

I've got it in my pocket. I took it out of Mulder's desk.

[ footsteps ]

About this transcript

The dialogue comes from the official DVD subtitle track supplied by Boggsfiles. Speaker and scene attribution was cross-checked against character-labelled reference material. Subtitle wording is preserved while capitalization and spacing are standardized for easier reading.