A girl is eight years old. One morning, a new neighbor moves in upstairs. She never sees him — only hears him: heavy uneven footsteps, a walking cane, something large scraping the floor, a low resonant string. In her room below, she listens and draws. Fear becomes curiosity. A monster becomes something else. Upstairs, a luthier rebuilding his life works alone, unaware of the small detective below. Two people. One building. One drawing. A stop-motion story about how we hear each other befo