It sounds to me like they are talking about the setting
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Aww thank you!! You are so sweet! I wish you the best :)
I believe the correct answer is pleasant and attentive.
The author is stating in the excerpt that he though he would be getting his freedom back because of his 'gentleness and good behavior.' He wanted everyone around him to feel happy but also to do good things in order to be free again.
"deer in headlights" is an idiom.
"like deer in headlights" is a simile, the word "like" makes it a simile.
