Giancarlo was a ten-year-old boy living near Naples. His mother worked as a farmer, supplying produce to local restaurants, and sometimes to the retreat house where Emilio Sandoz was recovering after the first Rakhat mission. Giancarlo often delivered vegetables to the kitchen and lingered afterward, eager to help or run errands. He was particularly drawn to Emilio, whom he addressed respectfully as “padre,” and assisted on at least one occasion by guiding him up the stairs from the beach to the retreat house. Despite the language barrier (Emilio’s Italian was limited at the time) Giancarlo remained patient and supportive, offering a steadying hand and words of encouragement. In his presence, Emilio felt both comforted by Giancarlo’s kindness and overwhelmed by grief, as the boy unknowingly reminded him of Askama.