She's not sure if that's pity or what, but Renee will take the chance anyway. At least he seems like he wants to know, so, why not?

"A circus is for entertainment, basically. Clowns, trained animals, stuff like that. An elephant is one of the aforementioned trained animals, at least in that regard. They're big. The largest land mammal, where I'm from. Legs like tree trunks, flappy ears, a long trunk that's their nose--they use it to pick up water to drink! A pair of tusks. Those are the incisors, but they have regular teeth too."

Yes, she is miming her way through this as she describes an elephant...