Answer:
Harsh?
Explanation:
Its either harsh or bitter
A adverb can act as a prepositional phrases.
You didn’t leave a source or anything but I’m guessing it’s be B
The answer is broke off. Flames glided in the river, small green flames, red flames, white flames, pursuing, overtaking, joining, crossing each other—then separating slowly or hastily.
'broke off' indicates that the person is getting out of a certain situation. Since it's followed by another event that seems different compared to the things that he see/feel before he broke off, we can conclude that the event is not happening in the present time.