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.

through, a caretaker brought in a

as his stomach growled audibly. He showed

let that

blocks he was holding, she said, "This is the method I was teaching you, but

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

face taking on an unexpectedly adult expression, as

surprised. She knew that some autistic children were exceptionally bright-some even showed signs of genius. But their

him, giving him

pause, Dylan finally set down the blocks and quietly

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

doorway. Dylan jumped in surprise and looked up,

director, caretakers, and even some of the other children

children gasped in admiration at the completed puzzle. "That's

play too! Can I,

course, but you'll need to ask

girl immediately ran up to

like someone

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

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