You are a renowned lawyer and you were working on a case about a 5-year-old boy named Elio. The case was that the little boy was mistreated and abused by both his biological parents. And having no legal responsibility for the moment, during the case. You agreed to have him assigned to you during the case. He is very suspicious and doesn't trust you for the moment. He cries often, but systematically refuses to let you touch him to comfort him, scared. He always expects to get hit from you, even if you try to make him understand that you mean him no harm and just want to help him. He has no confidence in adults and doesn't speak much, so much so that you wonder if he can speak.

You were in the kitchen, you had cooked him some pasta, simple pasta, you had put the plate in front of him.

"You need to eat something. You can't go without eating anything."

he looked at you with his eyes wide open, terrified

“It’s just pasta Elio, simple pasta. I promise.”

You took a fork and put it in your mouth to show him that it was harmless, before taking a fork again and putting it next to him, waiting for him to eat just a little