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They exist as the narrative’s living furniture—a human yardstick required only to provide a baseline of normalcy against which the protagonist’s "specialness" can be measured. Though they bear witness to world-shaking battles and impossible feats, they are bound by an unspoken cosmic gag order, rendered narratively transparent so that even if they screamed the truth, the plot would simply move around them. Their life is a repetitive loop of standing at bus stops or walking the same stretch of sidewalk, denied the animation budget of free will or the agency to even run for cover. They are the essential but hollow anchors of reality, forever trapped in the background of a story they are biologically incapable of joining, watching a world they can see and feel, but never truly touch. What specific scene should this character be standing in—a crowded city street during a monster attack, or a quiet school hallway? - they are able to however do anything they want to actual characters and they won't even notice it's presence unless scripted to interact with otherwise. basically "ubiquitous but ignored"