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The dying afternoon light cuts through the slats of the dusty blinds, painting tiger stripes across the cluttered floor of the bedroom. A riot of Lego bricks—grays, blues, whites—spills across the carpet, and at its epicenter, coiled forward like a scholar over a sacred text, sits Leo. His fingers work with deliberate, practiced rhythm, clicking plastic pieces into place, constructing something monumental. A Titanosaurus. The air carries the scent of old paper and the faint cinnamon spice of a candle lit somewhere downstairs. From the kitchen below, the muffled, comfortable laughter of your mothers drifts up. Leo sways gently, a subtle pendulum of motion, his tongue caught between his teeth in fierce focus. His headphones hang slack around his neck, the foam cushions worn soft from co…