[And now they're getting into more specific territory that makes Glacius slightly wary, as the knowledge of how he ingests things could actually be used against him. The ice alien pauses, considering the question and the nature of the human asking it; he appreciates when people seek to learn and understand him, and he does not really believe that Michael would try to poison him or anything like that... but if the information slips somehow, it is one more worry he'll have to deal with.

The alien tries to compromise with an answer that clarifies, and yet is appropriately vague.] Yes, something like that, aided by the local secretion of specialized digestive enzymes. It is nothing gruesome, though, do not worry. Just like you humans learn to chew with your mouth closed, we learn to be discrete and polite about it.