"Never heard of it. Interesting." She can hear the smirk, and it's encouraging. "... How does it stand up to extreme heat, if it's got plastic in it? Is that a problem?"

If he's more comfortable talking about this, she's fine with it: she can be curious about anything. And she'd hate to get off on the wrong foot with one of the first actual people she's met in this odd, intriguing place.