B) it provides comic relief at a tense moment
        
             
        
        
        
With his first wobbly steps
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
E. fake
Explanation:
In line 31 of the given excerpt, the word "feigning" in “with feigning voice verses of feigning love,” means fake.
For a person to feign something means that that person is acting in deceit and faking something.
Therefore, the correct answer is E. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
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