 What is the tone like throughout the story?
It was exactly as he knew it would be: the milky-orange stream had become motionless and its minute whirlpools had stopped whirling; a nearby bee hung suspended over a paka plant, its transparent wings frozen in position for a downward stroke; and the heavy purple fluid overhead held fast in its manufacture of whorls and nimbi. He chose to ignore the negative maxim that "small children who stop time without an adult being present, may not live to regret it." The ocean lay at the ready, its stilled waves awaiting his command to resume their tidal sweep. Some distance behind them were eight more, each of whom were motionless in a curious pose of interrupted animation.
 Joyous to sad
 Happy throughout  Calm to intense  Sad throughout  Joyous to sad