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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 caretaker brought in a meal, placing it on

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

let that

is the method I was teaching you, but I

point it out, instead nodding with understanding. "Alright. But I am hungry. How about

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

of genius. But their brilliance often came at the cost of emotional barriers that kept them from connecting with

not rushing him, giving him the time he needed to

Dylan finally set down the blocks and quietly started

on the blocks together, and

the doorway. Dylan jumped in surprise and looked

even some of the other children were standing

admiration at the completed

too! Can I, Director?"

but you'll need to

little girl immediately ran up to