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.

in a meal, placing it on the table

He showed no intention of picking

let

method I was teaching you, but I haven't shown you

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 can keep

unexpectedly adult expression, as if he were seriously weighing

But their brilliance

giving

long pause, Dylan finally set down the blocks and quietly

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

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

some of the other

children gasped in admiration at the

too! Can I, Director?" another girl

course, but you'll need to ask Dylan

immediately ran up

like someone

shut inside a room for years, unaware that he could step out. Now that the door was suddenly flung

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