The rain inspired Carli to paint a picture of delicate roses, swirls of water, and jagged lighting bolts.
id say C. stands both for itself and for something else
<span>"What can you possibly mean by that"! she stormed" is the only sentence from the list that does not use quotation marks correctly. The exclamation point goes inside. </span>
That would be stress.
Built up stress hinders efficient performance.