He becomes angry and blames the loss on the settlers.
Nervously
Unevenly
Tensed
Startled
Blankly maybe if you’re talking about something creepy’s emotional state.
I I think the answer is d.
You asked a question but there no background to the question. you NEED to give a passage name of a book or something
Context:
The wind blew through his hair, as he was blowing before the whistle.
What that meant:
It was windy, and he was thinking of ideas, before he said them all in a instant.
Your answer:
Context is a way of describing stuff in metaphor, before it actually happens. As you can see in the example(s) I wrote above.