Excuse you, Pearl, Lapis told her to ask you. Jasper scowls back in the face of that unimpressed stare, her arms still squarely folded.

Then Pearl decides to talk, and Jasper actually visibly relaxes a little around the edges, because she's no longer being resisted by a Pearl, so this situation is a little less Inconceivable and Wrong... although what Pearl's actually saying is not especially reassuring.

"To... grow more powerful humans? Hmh." Jasper squints. "I guess they won't need to keep us around much longer if they can pull that off."