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His mother poured three perfect pancakes onto a plate—one for him, one for her, one for the memory of his father who loved maple syrup. He traced three circles in the air above the box.

Once upon a time, in a small, crooked house at the edge of town, lived a boy named Leo who saw the world in numbers. Not in a strange, blurry way, but in a quiet, orderly one. To him, a single raindrop on a leaf was "one"—a perfect, lonely thing. Two boots by the door were a pair, a promise. Three apples in a bowl made a cozy crowd. Four chairs around a table meant stories. And five? Five was the best number of all. Five felt complete. 1 to 5

So Leo began.