I shrugged again. How long was it going to take her to realize I didn't know how to speak? I opened my mouth once more, bit my lip, and shut it again. I couldn't speak. No matter how hard I tried to push words out, I couldn't do it. I sighed gently, shaking my head sadly. I wanted to talk, I really did. The answers to her questions were swarming in my mind, but I just didn't know hot to express them. A tear slipped down my cheek, and I sent her a silent gaze of sorrow, hoping at least that would get her to understand, though I saw her reading it more as another, more somber, 'I don't know.'