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Karina nodded to the caretaker to signal she understood. After the caretaker left, she approached Dylan's desk.

Squatting down to his level, she looked at Dylan, who was fully absorbed in his block puzzle. "I know how to put this together. Would you like me to teach you?"

Dylan paused for a moment.

Karina pretended not to notice. "It's tricky, isn't it? And it seems like this block is part of a set. Are there more pieces somewhere?"

Dylan glanced at her, and Karina initially thought he would ignore her entirely.

To her surprise, he responded. "Yes, there are... in the room."

The sentence was short, but it was enough to make Karina's heart soar. Communication-even this little bit-meant there was hope.

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She followed him to his room to retrieve the rest of the blocks, and the two of them spent the entire afternoon building together.

through, a caretaker brought in a meal, placing it on

Dylan barely glanced at the food, even as his stomach growled audibly. He showed no intention of picking up the spoon, seemingly indifferent to his own

let

blocks he was holding, she said, "This is the method I was teaching you, but I haven't shown you the rest yet. Do you

his stomach betrayed him with another growl. Karina chose not to point it out, instead nodding with understanding. "Alright. But I am hungry.

adult

knew that some autistic children were exceptionally bright-some even showed signs of genius. But their brilliance often came at

him, giving him the

a long pause, Dylan finally set

the blocks together, and by

jumped in surprise and looked up, startled to

director, caretakers, and even some of

gasped in admiration

Can I, Director?" another girl asked

smiled gently. "Of course, but you'll need

girl immediately ran