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Microphone Sensitivity is about picking up the quiet signals — the things most people miss. Aisha Wallace-Palomares was at the vigil as an observer when she noticed the scramble for a lotion bottle someone had thrown over the fence. She paid attention to what the bottle contained, who was excited about it, and why. Most journalists might have noted it as a colorful detail. Aisha understood it as the center of the story — someone so isolated they'd thrown the same note twice in one day just to reach anyone.