Huh??? 

- this is much more the style of bizarre and baffling conversation one tends to have with toddlers, but Evelyn is rolling with all sorts of weird things right now and she's going to roll with this too. 

"Yeah, you swallowed it!" she says cheerfully. "And it went to your stomach, which means it's not in your mouth anymore where you can taste it. But you need to swallow candy at some point or it's going to make a mess." Evelyn will wipe up the part of the mess that has already leaked out. 

They are now approached by a woman wearing an IMPRESSIVE HAT; also, she is rapidly approaching them on board a four-meter-wide circular rug hovering a meter or so off the ground.  This presumed Carpet Rider bears a fixed and somewhat manic smile.

"Hey," she calls as she draws near, "I hear the summoned hero and her, uh, kid, wanted a flying carpet demonstration?"  The carpet picks that moment to abruptly swoop up, over, and back down in a vertical circle.  "Because I've got the best carpet there is.  That's.  Why they sent me.  Because I have the best carpet."

Evelyn feels like she's in an unexpected front-row seat to watch the circus. And she didn't even mean to, or want to, buy a ticket to the circus. And her surprise foster child is maybe going to be scared of the circus. ...This is probably taking a silly metaphor way too far, isn't it. 

She waves. "Hi! I'm Evelyn!" 

Glance over at...damn it she never did manage to figure out the poor kid's name, did she. Eye contact will have to be enough. "We're going to see how flying carpets work, okay? Apparently this is the best one! And then, once you're okay with it and not confused or scared, we're going to go on a flying carpet ride to the place we'll stay tonight." 

"I know how flying carpets work!  The magic goes AROUND and the carpet stays UP!  But I'm still confused and scared."

"Wow! You know more about magic carpets than I do, I couldn't tell you the first thing about where the magic goes. ...Are you confused and scared about getting on the magic carpet, or about other things?" 

"Yes!"