She sighs, though in honesty she's cursing internally. It's a hard question to answer, given her position. She wants Sonia to trust her, but she would also like to avoid getting fast-pentaed herself and tossed in a jail cell similar to this one.

She should really just walk away. Neither answer is good, and so she tries to compromise somewhere in the middle. "I'm helping the other Exotics, Micah, and you, if I can. I want to help the people who didn't get a choice in this." It's very particular phrasing.

In truth she counts the Barrayarans under that umbrella too, not just Sonia.