C. A Young girl must escape from a mountain level
I would say the word choice darkens the tone with such words as "looming" presence of the doorman, and "sweeping and re-sweeping" to suggest something a little suspect or sinister, and keeping his ear buds jammed into his ears to keep out the din of the motel which had a "shabby lobby" in other words was run down.
The village has in total of 14 people because those daughters will be Wives and those Brothers will be Men in the future
The answer to this would be the word train!
