One night they went over to see the Hayano family in the neighboring town to the west, an adventure both painful and attractive to Rosie. It was attractive because there were four Hayano girls, all lovely and each one named after a season of the year (Haru, Natsu, Aki, Fuyu), painful because something had been wrong with Mrs. Hayano ever since the birth of her first child.
–“Seventeen Syllables,”
Hisaye Yamamoto
Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?
adventurous
conflicted
disgusted
exhausted