After a long moment, a faint whine came from below, and a subtle tremor.
A jerk, a faint whine, and then lights came on.
Then at last he heard the familiar faint whine.
He heard the faint high whine of the weapon.
He heard a very faint whine as the door was pushed further open.
A faint whistling whine came from his throat, but he did not move.
No sound drew attention to it except the faint whine of its spinning tires.
The only sound was a high faint whine that came from the security monitors.
Not so much as a faint whine of energy.
There was no answer save a sort of scratching, and a faint whine.