That explains a few things, like why he wasn't more prepared for it. Padparadscha isn't familiar enough with humans to know if this is even normal for the species, so they're relying on what they can clean from talking.

"And it just started when I found you, huh?" It's been a few minutes, but they likely have very different definitions of how much a few minutes is - for Padparadscha, as old as they are, an hour or so can just feel like a few minutes.