The answer is the character is scared and traumatised
In the paragraph, it had talked how the narrator had felt
when the earthquake had strike from the lines <span>My first inclination, as always, was to get away: "when
in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." Even they were
already in the safe placed, they were still afraid because of their experience.</span>
Assuming that you're referring to the excerpt when his hood was taken in his cells, The mood of the excerpt would likely be suspense. The character felt a lot of tension during this scene
