[Yeah that's a pretty apt description...ah well. It should be clear why Rei initially recommended him to look at the thing seeing how he's multitasking in his examinations and tests while holding an intelligent conversation. Or at least a coherent one.]

Everything out there was designed to kill us. One of the guys we were with exploded because he tried to steal something, and we almost suffocated for getting locked in a room full of their stuff. [Too casual? Too casual. He's had a few days to rest and get his head back together at least.] We were one of the groups that didn't end up in a tunnel, I think, since we were in a room that led to somewhere I think inside the CERES tower? I'm still not really sure. I'm still putting pieces together about where people really went. We didn't get anything interesting either besides a ton of pictures and video footage.

[He picks up the crystal then, knocking it on the table to test something before stopping and squinting at one place on it.] ...I can tell you one thing. Whatever this is isn't exactly one in a million. Actually? Guess it's number 002213. [He frowns, tapping it again and going back to his investigation. It's wonderful that he spends hours and hours a day analyzing pretty much everything around him. That makes this much faster.]

...think I've got an idea what this thing is. When Rei gets here I'll explain.