Tony ate the rest of his pie and drank the sweet hot liquor without taking much notice of his surroundings, and the surroundings took little notice of him: he was too small to be a threat, and too stolid to promise much satisfaction as a victim. It
Tony consumed the remaining slices of pie and sipped his warm, sweet drink, seemingly oblivious to the world around him. His presence went largely unnoticed as he blended into the background, neither a danger to others nor a source of intrigue as a target. This state of indifference highlighted his unremarkable nature in that environment.
In this passage from "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman, the character Tony is portrayed as...
