hmm, now it looks like a dragon.
why cant you just make a giant pulsing brain
in a pool of blood or slime >
maybe with some eyes grown out of it here and there or/and swimming besides it
every minute or so you can see see the eyes getting tired and almost closed the hivemind becomes aware of its falling asleep it suddenly wakes up and looks around nervously, like looking if it has missed some action, or if its in danger.
it laughs when a alien killed a human and shudders when its brood gets killed
that way alien structures in general would look really alive and maybe scaring, because they all would seem like they are feeling and thinking when they react on their surrounding somehow
like screaming when they get hit
or crying when they are hurt real bad
could be almost human sounds to make it misteriously creepy.
it was an idea i had when i worked on my last droid:~( sketch...
