[Well, that's a piece of advice she could have used a little earlier. She tried asking some of the locals first about what this weird star-shaped thing is, and they gave some roundabout answer that really didn't say much...]

How do I tell if people are foreigners? I guess only foreigners have these... machines, but people don't wear them around or anything.

[It sounds like this guy has had his fair share of trouble with the locals, at least. They seem nice to Ilya, just very determined to say nothing of particular substance.]

And I like friends! Friends are nice too. What's your name?

[He might sound like an idiot, but he seems to know his stuff. That could come in handy?]