He saw her shake her head again and he realized the mean behind it. He had guessed wrong for the second time, but maybe the third time would be the charm. He thought for a moment, but then he saw what she was doing and had to have even more respect for her now. She was very intelligent, but more than that she was resourceful and that was something he respected even more than brains.
"Amy?" he asked, noticing that the last letter could have been a y. What she was doing couldn't haven't been easy, but the letters were legible enough for him to understand. "Is you name Amy?" he added a little louder than before, wanting to know if he had figured this out.