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 meal, placing it on the

audibly. He showed no intention of picking up the spoon, seemingly indifferent to his

couldn't let

the 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 want to

it out, instead nodding with understanding. "Alright. But I am hungry. How about we eat first, and then

unexpectedly adult expression, as if he were seriously weighing

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

giving him

a long pause, Dylan finally set down the

working on the blocks together,

jumped in surprise and looked

and even some of the other

children gasped in admiration

play too! Can I, Director?" another girl

"Of course, but you'll need to

immediately

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