I would say that authors impart aesthetic elements through their word choice, through their tone, and through the story's mood, but I am not completely sure.
World to wide I think not that sure
In most stories, the hero is the most common person you can imagine, but then some mentor tells him or her that he or she is special. Or in some other cases, an accident, incident or experiment changes them into a stronger being.
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Before I state the answer, we have to find which answer is NOT correct.
We can see that A and C, are incorrect because they say the word "except their reward" which is talking about excluding something, not "accept their reward" which it gathering or agreeing to something.
We also see that B is incorrect because when it says "Accept for Bill," this just doesn't even make sense because the word "accept" is gathering or agreeing to something.
So...
The correct answer is:
D.) Except for Bill, all of the players were present to accept their reward...