Alex briefly wonders if the woman is referring to somebody specific when she says 'some people,' whether there's someone the woman was trying to get away from when she left Russia. Or maybe she's just trying to be civil.

Her train of thought is cut short by the woman talking again. "Maybe," she says curtly. "I don't have much to do with that place." She realizes that the woman is probably trying to be friendly, so she looks at her and says, a little more politely, "Maybe."