Awareness Of An Environment

"Kings Who Die."

Poul Anderson frequently appeals to at least three of the senses in descriptive passages so what does he do here?

"[Diaz's] mind was sharply aware of its environment -" (p. 20)

- and that environment is:

"...muscle play beneath his skin,..." (bodily sensation);

"...pastel bulkheads and cold fluorescence,..." (light and colour);

"...faint machine-quiver underfoot,..." (something partly felt and partly heard?);

"...gusts from ventilator grilles,..." (felt on the skin);

"...odors of foreign cooking..." (smell);

"...and always the men, with alien faces and carefully expressionless voices..." (sight and sound).

Careful rereading shows that only taste is lacking.