He walked into the silent section of the sickbay, the soft clicks and bleeps of working machines, the faint scent of antiseptic, his only company.

The hum changed slightly, then soft clicks sounded as the frosted screen swirled into moving color.

The heart sounds were reassuringly normal; I could hear the valves open and close with their soft, meaty clicks, all in the right places.

Again the soft clicks, again the tiny lights that shone through the pressed gemstones.

Again the soft clicks, again the light shining through the depressed hieroglyphs.

Dean tightened the choke on the Mossberg to the minimum, the soft clicks sounding louder than fireworks in the whispering quiet.

She broke off as a series of soft clicks cut into the conversation.

There were two soft clicks as the apartment door opened and closed.

She could hear him uttering soft little clicks of fear.

Behind Bond there sounded a series of soft clicks.