To be reticent is to not reveal one's thoughts readily. In this case, it is the reticence of the author. The author does not reveal their thoughts readily. If the narrator or author refuses to do something, it is made known that he is doing something. The something here is him refusing. If he acts as if the situation is normal, I'd assume he is acting in such a way that would be nonreactionary of the actions from the provoker. I would safely choose the last option as sorrentino's exercising of authorial reticence.
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There was once a creature called a sharkpido it was a shark and scorpion it only ate kids if they were being mean but some people thought it was fake but little did they know it was watching them in the shadows and some kids slowly started to disappear the village was really scared and afraid but one day a guy called nick hu Chan came and said he could defeat the creature and none believed him and they were really scared so then one day nick went out and never came out and he left colorful stuff and the creature never came back that’s why we wear different colors in the world.
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C or A i would go to C first if not C and it gives another chance then A