[i]Perhaps I should have stuck with just one word for now.[/i] Looking back, it was only one word that he needed to communicate, but it was a bit late for that now. 

Shaking his head at the guesses, he placed his ring fingers and pinkies together so they overlapped and straightened his hands upright so the formed an 'H'. After that, he held three fingers up on his right hand and turned it to the side. Hopefully that would make some sense.