>>213335921the original way they showed the black oil it was just for transport and was inert and spent from being millions of years old. the sewing was enough for what the black oil was at the time they introduced the rebels. it's only later on they made it super effective at infiltrating mars rocks and plastic to the point it makes no sense it couldn't pass eyelids
a very important part of the x files is only considering what happened up to that point. it's never consistent with what comes after