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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

food, even as his stomach growled audibly. He showed no intention

let that

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 keep learning? If so, how about eating

him with another growl. Karina chose not to point it out, instead nodding with understanding. "Alright. But I am

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

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

him, giving him the time he needed to

set down the blocks and

blocks together, and by evening, they had

doorway. Dylan jumped in surprise and looked up, startled to find

of

admiration at the completed puzzle. "That's

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

but you'll need to ask Dylan

girl immediately ran