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.

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

as his stomach growled audibly. He

let that

you, but I haven't shown you the rest yet. Do you want to keep learning? If so, how

another growl. Karina chose not to point it out, instead nodding with understanding. "Alright. But I am hungry. How about we eat first, and then we can keep

adult expression, as if he were

But their brilliance often came at the cost of emotional barriers that kept

waited patiently, not rushing him, giving him the time he

finally set down the

the meal, they continued working on the blocks together, and

surprise and looked up, startled

even some of the other

admiration at

want to play too! Can I, Director?" another

but you'll need to ask Dylan for

immediately ran up to

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