They still look alive to me. [In a way, that was his idea of sarcasm. Only a hint in his tone conveys it.] Maybe you should start with the "President".
[And then another pause- though he asks it as a question, he's actually more... talking to himself.] Do you think the Captain's going to die?
[To say that he isn't slightly amused by all this would be an understatement. Having not encountered any problems himself, Yazoo has taken the liberty of rubbing salt in your wounds- and is that the trace of a smirk you see?]