[There's no clear way to tell yet. Well- she hopes it's obvious. But at the moment it may just look like a cat lifting a paw up oddly. She can't really speak though while like this too.
Without her communication device on, she can't really understand anything he might say, if not in her native tongue.
Except for maybe a few simple phrases. Moving over to the potted plant she brushes up against that. See? He can still find some flowers to bring home to his sister!
Only... she hadn't realized how close to the edge of the counter the plant was, or that she had maybe rubbed against the small thing with a little too much force. Because it falls to floor with a small crash.