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

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

couldn't let

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

it out, instead nodding

adult expression, as if he

that some autistic children were exceptionally bright-some even showed signs of genius. But their brilliance often came at the cost of emotional barriers that kept them

giving him the time

pause, Dylan finally set down

working on the blocks together, and

clapping came from the doorway. Dylan jumped in surprise and looked up, startled to

and even some of the other children

in admiration

to play too! Can I,

but you'll need

little girl immediately ran

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