Firefly Glen beauty and the beasts

She explained why they were there - although by this point it was obvious, what with the men throwing themselves at the women, and the women fawning in their way. These were all alien displays and Glaukos' sense of displacement and alienation only grew the longer he was around it.

The woman did not seem put-off by his stoicism. She mentioned her name, and it was enough to focus his attention wholly upon her, instead of the goings-on of the gathering.

I remember your mother, he answered; but he did not say more than that, as it wasn't necessary (plus, he had learned by now not to run his mouth, and had only poor thoughts of Kukutux).

It felt as though he was being studied, and he shifts his weight, feeling tense.
Is that why you are here? To... seek? Glaukos was not a conversationalist; he'd never been good at that sort of thing, and it wasn't a skill often utilized by the soldier within Mereo. He did not know why he felt compelled to involve himself.