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.

*

*

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

a caretaker brought in a meal, placing it on the table

growled audibly. He showed no intention of picking

couldn't let that

"This is the method I was teaching you, but I haven't shown you

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

unexpectedly adult expression,

bright-some even showed signs of genius. But their brilliance often came at the cost of emotional barriers that kept them from connecting

him, giving him the

long pause, Dylan finally set down the blocks and quietly started

blocks together, and by evening, they had finally completed the

in surprise and looked up, startled to find a

director, caretakers, and even some of

gasped in admiration at

Can I, Director?" another girl asked

you'll

little girl immediately ran up to

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