Answer:
"<em>So exhausted and battered it barely stirred</em>" works as a great replacement for "<em>Its dark eyes dim and not at their prime</em>."
Explanation:
Both metaphors refer to exhaustion and a feeling of "nothingness."
Answer:
it is being done without his knowledge
Sobel is listening to Max & Feld
B, because there is quotations and you have to start a new line when someone else is talking.