*smiles at you (hopefully? encouragingly?) even though you seem irritated, at best (oh, to have even an iota of her aunt's insight when it comes to kids)*
I have a friend— *sighs (yep...a friend)* —who's deaf. I've tried to teach myself a little so I can talk to him. But I'm not very good. *hesitantly* I could ask you the same thing.(If I know my sister, she's killing herself worrying about you.)