The alien stared hard at the room revealed by the lights. Eyes flashing silver and gold in turns. There was a prickle on her skin, but it was impossible to say if it was the device or the spurious decision to walk into this room so soon after tasting the crystal. Ix clicked loudly several times, not having expected to be confronted with anything so bizarre. Eventually her eyes moved to the humans, first Tom, then the doctor, then back again before moving to the machine once more.<br/><br/>"Turning back now... Would be just as foolish as going through with it. Only I know what waits in the prison, I've walked that path long enough." Ix's vocalization was uncharacteristically somber, if only for the moment. "If this is our chance to change our weave, we must not miss it."<br/>