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I wish I knew what happened to him. It's not even that his verbal struggles are the issue- even kids who can speak don't like to talk about it. Took me forever to really get Laz to open up a bit, but I'm not saying the effort isn't worth it. I'm saying if it isn't made, the kid's gonna get older and try to make sense of it all by himself. From there he might get angry at everyone and everything. Maybe he shuns the world. Kids don't forget what happens to them. They might not understand it, but those things- they stick around. So if there's anything I can do for him, I need to prove he can trust.

It doesn't need to be me he trusts. Someone. Hell, even himself. What's worse than distrusting other people is distrusting yourself, and I should start working on it soon. Try teaching him a bit more English. Show him how to interact. Feed him more, too. He's made some progress, even said please, but I can see he's able to only handle one or two people at the most right now.

I do want to introduce him to some new foods. Not too many yet, I'll have to ease him into it, but maybe conchas. At this rate I'm going to put on an extra thirty pounds. Myliu's the one who needs that weight, not me.

Might teach him a little bit of Spanish, but English first. That's what most people here speak, and once he's got that down and doesn't hate me, then we'll see. That reminds, me though- his gnawing habit. Should find something for that, and try to see why he's always wearing that bone mask, but something tells me I'll lose a toe touching it.

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