Auxiliarily -

Auxiliarily wasn't a demotion. It was a different kind of power. The main actor gets the glory, but the auxiliary holds the wisdom. The backup knows the cracks. The spare part has seen every failure.

The trawlers that night saw a beam that seemed older than electricity. They called it the Ghost Light. auxiliarily

Then he started noticing the small things. The gulls that nested in the east crack—he began leaving fish scraps auxiliarily, to feed the fledglings. The weather station on the south cliff needed daily calibration; he did it auxiliarily, as a favor. The young biologist who visited once a month to count seals forgot her spare batteries—Elias had a drawer full, offered auxiliarily. Auxiliarily wasn't a demotion

He thought about that.