Tuesday 3/24, 11:30am, 7th floor of library

Closest: Girl in neighboring desk turning pages in her textbook, boy a few seats away erasing something rather furiously, me sipping my iced coffee

Medium: Library employee going through an aisle of books about twenty feet away and scanning them (quiet beep), someone trying to muffle their coughing

Farthest: Elevator doors opening, people talking in study rooms

One word: Hushed

3 sounds: pages turning, erasing, muffled coughing