It is the act or process of moving faster or happening more quickly the act or process of something
The tone( speakers attitude)can be frightened or grim and the mood (emotional affect the text gives the readers) can be worried or tense.
Yes, this is an internal conflict.
Internal Conflict:
1. mental struggle arising from opposingdemands or impulses.
2. psychological struggle within the mind of aliterary or dramatic character, the resolutionof which creates the plot's suspense:Hamlet's inaction is caused by internalconflict.
