Drabble-A-Day: Mass Effect, Thane Krios
Jan. 11th, 2026 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theunsinkablesapphoPrompt - Pleasantry [noun]: a humorous remark or act; a jest
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There was always a certain tension when he moved through crowds like this. It was his job to move without notice. Not unseen, but unremarkable, unnoticed. Someone no one would remember seeing. Drell were not particularly common however. It was ingrained now, so that he fell back on the long-practiced behaviors even when he was not working. Move with the crowd, yield when challenged, a quick pleasantry. The unassuming nature of every average person just trying to get where they were going with the least trouble. They did not carry the shadows of trouble with them the way he did.
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There was always a certain tension when he moved through crowds like this. It was his job to move without notice. Not unseen, but unremarkable, unnoticed. Someone no one would remember seeing. Drell were not particularly common however. It was ingrained now, so that he fell back on the long-practiced behaviors even when he was not working. Move with the crowd, yield when challenged, a quick pleasantry. The unassuming nature of every average person just trying to get where they were going with the least trouble. They did not carry the shadows of trouble with them the way he did.
