Besides the occasional splashing of water, the spa was very quiet. Conversations were kept hushed, and the ambient music that was playing was set to a low enough volume to not be distracting, though the occasional pops and hisses were a little annoying. Still, he could tune them out—for the first half of his life, they'd been a constant companion to any music he played at home. Although the music felt kind of New-Age, it reminded him of hearing his parent’s records from up in his bedroom.