"Well you apparently have vegetables, so I assumed there's be some fruit around as well," he said, shaking his head slightly at his apparent failure of logic. Then he scooped up some rice, poked the end of his fork into the sauce and transferred it to his mouth. Immediately he started to blink rapidly, opening his mouth and trying to cool it down by waving his hand.
"Oops," he said sheepishly after he'd managed to swallow.