Hmm~ The fact that Noa is deaf surprised me, but it's an interesting characteristic that I'm looking forward to seeing how she deals with it. But since she is deaf, you should probably include the traits that those who are hard of hearing come with, such as speaking loudly (as they cannot hear themselves being loud) and sign language (or if not, then a lot of hand gestures). Other than that, this was pretty good. You have a very straightforward way of writing, which makes this easy to read. Looking forward to seeing more of this, nice work.