More slowly, with the sort of enunciation he would expect in a verbal speaker talking to a non-native learner, he was able to piece together the glosses and put context into everything. He smiled a little and nodded.

But he didn't really know the words for a response, so he held up a finger and rummaged in his pockets until he found his phone.

Sorry was the first thing he put, We've gone past what I know how to say. A model RC car or drone sounds like it could be neat. My kids both loved RC things. My wife and I got a lot of practice fixing them.

He handed the phone over so she could read.