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Depends how detailed you wanted to get with it? Hand gestures would be the more vague of the two when it comes to communication, but depending on how you handle the language barrier, may be the easiest. For instance, does she write in Doman or Eorzean? (I think they are different languages?) Maybe she's fluent in both? If not, and you do RP language barriers, hand signals is the way to go.
Depends how detailed you wanted to get with it? Hand gestures would be the more vague of the two when it comes to communication, but depending on how you handle the language barrier, may be the easiest. For instance, does she write in Doman or Eorzean? (I think they are different languages?) Maybe she's fluent in both? If not, and you do RP language barriers, hand signals is the way to go.