What... you can't talk? [Rita can gather that much from looking at him. That's odd, though... if dispersing those creatures restored all the other sounds, shouldn't he be fine too? And from his attempts to speak, it's clear that his inability to do so is a recent affliction...]

[His gestures continue, and she sighs.] We're playing charades now? You've got to be kidding... [Despite her scoffing, however, she takes a stab at interpreting it.] You're asking if I heard something on the radio?