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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.

brought in a meal, placing it

barely glanced at the food, even as his stomach growled audibly. He showed no intention of picking

let that

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

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

hesitated, his face taking on an unexpectedly adult expression, as if he

wasn't surprised. She knew that some autistic children were exceptionally bright-some even showed signs of genius. But their brilliance often

giving him the time he needed to

finally set down

on the blocks together,

Dylan jumped in surprise and looked up, startled

some of the other children were

of the children gasped in admiration at the completed

Can I, Director?" another girl

you'll need to ask Dylan for

girl immediately ran up to