"I wouldn't say that, but it certainly means that something more than a mundane kidnapping has happened here." And she can't quite keep the worry out of her voice at that, because there is just too much of it. This is bad, whatever "this" is.

Lottie does seem worried by the things her Mum says, but she's also still on track with trying to figure Phillip out, and that distracts her some from the scary parts of the conversation.

"But all Americans are tourists." All Americans she's ever met, anyway.