The answer is B.2
because the words in that sentence don't have any positive or negative connotations. expressed is just signalizing that they were debating over a topic.
Cyclops is motivated to do this because Odysseus tricked him and humiliated him, and even had the hubris in the end to mess with him about it. Poseidon is the Cyclops' father so naturally the Cyclops wants help and Poseidon can do it because Odysseus is traveling by sea.
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