Answer:
they both have choices to make, and the speaker ends up regretting that choice
Explanation:
I think the answer is *productive.
The verb is "trudged".
It's the past simple form of the verb "to trudge" which is a type of a walk, usually slow and heavy as if you have weights on yourself.
I'd say
1. Alonzo went to the music festival
2. Carmen went to the same music festival
3. Alonzo met Carmen at the music festival
(if that doesn't sound right it's probably the food ad thingy)