Eight doctors struggle to save a dying baby—until a ragged boy points to the child’s neck and says something no one dares believe

or later, exactly how he knew what he knew.

He had spent a significant portion of his life observing things — not as a deliberate practice, not as something he thought of as a skill, but as a function of his circumstances. When you navigated the world without the safety nets that other people had, you paid attention. You read situations quickly. You continue reading …