Although Hana's world is largely devoid of sound, she's come to perceive the ambient emotions of the people around her the way that hearing people do with sound. Walking past someone so empty of any feeling is like jumping headfirst into frigid water, shocking and suffocating. Hana can't help turning, gawking at the other man.

Hana's never met a ghost before but now she's wondering if it's possible to be alive and be one anyway.