Chapter 1887

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

He showed no intention of picking up the spoon,

couldn't let

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

chose not to point it out, instead nodding with understanding. "Alright. But I am hungry. How about we

adult expression, as if he were

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

not rushing him, giving him the time he needed to

long pause, Dylan finally set down the blocks and quietly

together, and by evening, they

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

even some of the other children

of the children gasped in admiration

play too! Can I, Director?"

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

immediately ran up

like someone

been shut inside a room for years, unaware that he could step out.

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