Padma didn't usually engage with strangers who tried to start conversations with her, but usually those conversations were more flirtatious than this. This was not flirtatious, and in fact served as a fairly nice distraction from the recipe. Padma had found herself a little confused by the second instruction and felt that she would be better off actually trying it rather than memorizing, and she couldn't exactly do that here, so might as well, right?
She listened attentively, then, to Evan's explanation about rhinos, and was actually quite astonished at how fast they could move. She tilted her head slightly, though, confused. "So, if they are both grey, then where do the different names come from?"
She shrugged at his question. "Fish are fine, but I like things with fur. Scales can be... Unsettling."