At the beginning of our stay on Ajna, someone I know found a piece of rock. In itself it wasn't surprising, until more recently when three other similar pieces were found. A few days ago these rocks started to glow, and they revealed that they each had symbols etched into their surface.

We have managed to translate those symbols to numbers, but I don't believe that the numbers are all there is to it.

[ In short, what he's trying to say is: he was hoping to pick your brains about this, maybe. ]