"It depends. I'm from.." London, she almost says, before realising this person probably has no idea what London even is, let alone what the people there are like. So she shrugs as she walks. "Well, let's say that I'm from a place where just about anyone you'd walk past on the streets is rude. Things seem to be at least better than that on the train."

Alice has, in fact, found that there is a surprising amount of tolerable people here. It's a small miracle.

"But there definitely are some people I doubt anyone can stand. The first time I showed up here, a talking book tried to flirt with me. I was just about ready to throw it under the train."