After Claire and Kyle confirm that they can both hear the buzz, their relationship quickly becomes secretive and tense.While Claire yearns to remain close to Kyle because he offers her an escape from denial, she also knows that such a connection will harm her family and professional boundaries.The two continued to trace the source of the sound, and gradually came into contact with a group of people who were also attracted by the buzz.Rather than asking for an explanation of symptoms, as a doctor or family member would, the group viewed the buzz as a call to receive.

The group is led by Omar and Joe.Omar is gentle and determined, while Joe is more like maintaining the order of a common belief.They told Claire and Kyle that the buzz was not a pain that had to be rid of, but could be a door to another way of perception.Claire was initially wary of this statement, but when she saw others describing similar experiences, her originally tight defenses began to loosen.For the first time, she didn't have to prove to others that she wasn't lying, and she didn't have to hide all the abnormalities behind normal life.

The stronger the group's pull, the harder it becomes for Claire to maintain her routine.It became increasingly difficult for her to treat Kyle as a normal student at school and to continue to respond to Paul and Ashley as she had in the past at home.Kyle's mother discovers that her son is secretly out and becomes suspicious of his contact with Claire.Claire knew that things were slipping out of control, but she was still pulled by the sense of belonging provided by the group.She began to believe that maybe the problem wasn't what she heard, but that her past life had never allowed her to truly listen to herself.