Right, of course he's not present with her, but... the question is... first step is identify the information he wants from her, then he identifies the information he needs to give her for her to answer, and then he attacks the communication problem itself.
So... he wants to know if she has a co-conspirator who could have helped her make that appearance. She's confirmed that someone else was involved. (The idea that she was literally teleported here from another world by a snake monster being clearly a lie or insanity, he must identify how this person helped or manipulated her into faking sudden teleportation.)
So... he wants to find out where this person is, in hopes that they'll be more knowledgeable or at least more cooperative. Her gesture implies that they couldn't be here, as they're not immediately here in the room. The information she needs... is that this person's lack of immediate presence doesn't imply a lack of involvement- they could be hiding, or not personally present for the trick.
That's a complicated sentiment... he needs to explain "imply", and "involvement" and various vague ideas that can't be drawn on paper.
How about...
He gestures around at the school building, and draws a small circle on a fresh sheet of paper. He then draws a large outline of the US around that circle, and puts several additional circles on the map nearby. He puts stick figures for himself and Pyay in the first circle, and stick figure for the accomplice in another circle. And then... a parallelogram with a black spot for Kweengow, with another circle. And a snake in that circle, and then two arrows- one pointing from the snake to the school circle, and another to the accomplice's circle.
He stares at his handiwork in disgust- there's got to be a thousand ways she could misinterpret this- but hands her the drawing anyway.
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So... he wants to know if she has a co-conspirator who could have helped her make that appearance. She's confirmed that someone else was involved. (The idea that she was literally teleported here from another world by a snake monster being clearly a lie or insanity, he must identify how this person helped or manipulated her into faking sudden teleportation.)
So... he wants to find out where this person is, in hopes that they'll be more knowledgeable or at least more cooperative. Her gesture implies that they couldn't be here, as they're not immediately here in the room. The information she needs... is that this person's lack of immediate presence doesn't imply a lack of involvement- they could be hiding, or not personally present for the trick.
That's a complicated sentiment... he needs to explain "imply", and "involvement" and various vague ideas that can't be drawn on paper.
How about...
He gestures around at the school building, and draws a small circle on a fresh sheet of paper. He then draws a large outline of the US around that circle, and puts several additional circles on the map nearby. He puts stick figures for himself and Pyay in the first circle, and stick figure for the accomplice in another circle. And then... a parallelogram with a black spot for Kweengow, with another circle. And a snake in that circle, and then two arrows- one pointing from the snake to the school circle, and another to the accomplice's circle.
He stares at his handiwork in disgust- there's got to be a thousand ways she could misinterpret this- but hands her the drawing anyway.