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I saw this while reading a light novel:

群衆に紛れれば一瞬で見失いそうなほど凡庸な見た目だ。が、そんな彼を見る人々の視線には『珍奇』なものでも見るような不可解な色が濃い。

1. What is the purpose of が in the second sentence. Does it replace the subject from the previous sentence?

2. Why is 珍奇 quoted? And what does the なものでも mean after that?

Thanks!
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Grammar help from light novel
1. The first が at the beginning the second sentence is just "But" or "However". The second が after 色 is a subject marker. (i.e., (such-and-such)不可解な色 is 濃い).
  2. These brackets are not for a quote but for an emphasis. でも is "or something" or "something like ～" (See: [Meaning of "でも" in "食事でもどうですか？"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/21519/5010)). 珍奇なものでも literally means "strange thing or something".

> 群衆に紛れれば一瞬で見失いそうなほど凡庸な見た目だ。が、そんな彼を見る人々の視線には **『珍奇』なものでも見る** ような不可解な色が濃い。
>
> His appearance is so ordinary that if he were to blend in with the crowd, it
> would be easy to lose him in an instant. However, the people who look at him
> have a deep sense of mystery in their eyes, as if they are looking at
> something "strange".

(This translation is by
[DeepL翻訳](https://www.deepl.com/translator#ja/en/%E7%BE%A4%E8%A1%86%E3%81%AB%E7%B4%9B%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8C%E3%81%B0%E4%B8%80%E7%9E%AC%E3%81%A7%E8%A6%8B%E5%A4%B1%E3%81%84%E3%81%9D%E3%81%86%E3%81%AA%E3%81%BB%E3%81%A9%E5%87%A1%E5%BA%B8%E3%81%AA%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%9F%E7%9B%AE%E3%81%A0%E3%80%82%E3%81%8C%E3%80%81%E3%81%9D%E3%82%93%E3%81%AA%E5%BD%BC%E3%82%92%E8%A6%8B%E3%82%8B%E4%BA%BA%E3%80%85%E3%81%AE%E8%A6%96%E7%B7%9A%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AF%E3%80%8E%E7%8F%8D%E5%A5%87%E3%80%8F%E3%81%AA%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82%E8%A6%8B%E3%82%8B%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AA%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF%E8%A7%A3%E3%81%AA%E8%89%B2%E3%81%8C%E6%BF%83%E3%81%84%E3%80%82)
but I found this actually very good)
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