Barbara had been watching the tenticles work when Sakura called her over. She grinned at the image on the screen.

"Ian!" for a moment, she thought that it was a kind of communications channel, and for some reason, they could contact the other group. But either Ian had fallen asleep or it wasn't a communications device, which was far more likely given the strange symbols on the screen.

"What do you think it is?" Barbara asked, feeling somewhat disappointed that it wasn't actually Ian. "Do you think it might have something to do with those dishes?" She watched the petri dishes being collected by the tentacles.