She does catch that Donnie's reply has a sort of automatic quality, but that's alright. There's nothing wrong with getting invested in a story one way or the other.

"That interaction is a big part of story time!" How and where she grew up, anyway. Everyone should probably be glad that she didn't take it further and try to do voices or act things out. "Did you guys get read to when you were little?"

It's fun for her to imagine them as cute little kappas turtle youths.