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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.

a meal, placing it on the table

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 that

holding, she said, "This is the method I was teaching you, but I haven't shown you the rest yet. Do you want to keep learning? If so, how about eating

stomach betrayed him with 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

face taking on an unexpectedly adult expression, as if he were seriously weighing the

their brilliance often came

waited patiently, not rushing him, giving him the time

long pause, Dylan finally set

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

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

director, caretakers, and even some of the

of the children gasped in admiration at the completed puzzle. "That's

too! Can I, Director?" another

"Of course, but you'll need to ask Dylan for

immediately