I don't understand how they could do that. [He admits, which isn't really surprising. All of this is so far out of his realm of understanding, but he's doing his best.

Are they connected to anything, or do they stand alone in the room?]

If they were scientists worth their salt, then they needed a way to continue collecting data during the experiment, didn't they? [The monitors.] So I suppose it would depend on... what... point in time the data was from. The last thing they'd recorded. [Or something. Maybe? HE'S TRYING.]