Answer: It’s a Simile.
Simile is something that uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ when trying to refer to something. Other references without ‘like’ or ‘as’ are metaphors.
Explanation:
They would have a ligature around their legs. One person would put their left leg next to the other person’s right leg and wrap the ligature around the legs to keep them together and act as one leg.
Sometimes prepositional phrases aren't really necessary, especially when you use them instead of an apostrophe + s to denote possession of an object.
B or much harder to figure out. Novels are much longer than short stories so the conflict is usually harder. Hope this helps.