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So I have these two line in the book i'm reading, and i'm having a problem
understanding the second one:

(And for the context, the main character is endlessly walking though a dark
and silent ruin, where he can only hear his own footsteps)

> ふいに、声が響いた。
>
> **その声に** 足を止めた瞬間、終わりを見失っていた永遠が唐突に幕を引かれる。

What confuses me the most here is **その声に** , what is the に particle
modifying/interacting with here?

My best guess is that it is the indirect object for 引かれる... but there's a
comma after 瞬間, is that saying that that に can't work in the next clause? that
it should be working just for the first one?

So my attempt in translating this line is:

1 - **" For that voice, in the moment his feet stopped, (something?) puts an
end to the eternity that was losing sight of the end."**

or

2 - **The moment his feet stopped, that voice puts and end to the eternity
that was losing sight of the end.**

I am guessing this "eternity" is his endless walk through these ruins.

ps: I'm sorry that it sounds too literal, a lot of those words are new to me
so I got their meanings mostly from Jisho.
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translation words particle-に
What's the function of に here?
This に just qualifies the next phrase, 足を止めた. The usage falls under the
following definition in [the
dictionary](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/166083/meaning/m0u/):

> **７** 動作・作用の原因・理由・きっかけとなるものを示す。…のために。…によって。「あまりのうれしさに泣き出す」「退職金をもとでに商売を始める」

But speaking more specifically, it belongs to a certain use case where the
thing before に is a stimulus that triggers the subject's (often spontaneous)
reaction.

> 悲惨な光景に言葉を失う _be struck speechless by a disastrous scene_  
>  人の優しさに涙する _be moved to tears by the warmth of people_  
>  飛行機の轟音に耳をふさぐ _stop one's ears against the roar of airplane_

So, in this context:

> その声に足を止めた瞬間  
>  _At the moment when the voice made him(?) stop walking, ..._
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