Salem smirked at Jasper and shrugged at the mention of 'trail mix,' then turned towards him, his eyes slowly getting wider, at the mention of 'disengaging.' Al, in the meantime, added to his song sequence some improvised lyrics about trail mix, alternating between shaking the oatmeal packet and singing into it like a microphone.
Salem seemed momentarily distracted by Al, but ignored him and spoke to Jasper. "Disengage?" he asked, making his way back up his ship's ramp and to the inside. "As in, disengage from each other? Can..." he paused, half afraid he was about to ask a stupid question, then decided to continue. He'd never paid a whole lot of attention to Yeerks, except what he needed to know, but now that he was frequently dealing with them, he figured it was time to start learning a bit about them.
"Can you do that without another host here? I mean, yes, that would be ideal. I um... do I need to do anything for that?" He was looking at Jasper with a slightly sideways glance, not really sure how to take his offer.
"It makes me proud to eat the M&M's all day!
But at the bottom it's only peanuts left anyway!
Ohhhh whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyy!!???" Al belted, getting more and more into his song, and earning a look from Salem that was halfway between amused and annoyed.