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followed by stillness. the six - hundred subjects meant to be returned to the woken dropped at once, some crumpling over their legs, some toppling onto their backs. on their abandoned faces were vestiges of horror. the rest of us stepped forward and shook them, but they would not wake. we lifted their lids and saw that their eyes were the color of slate. we waved and shouted, trying to get the attention of the woken, but they did not respond. and this confirmed what we already, deep down, knew, which was that something had gone terribly, terribly wrong. due to our limited, isolated processing power, it would take years for us to understand what happened. that there was something fundamentally incompatible between human experience and the woken brain; maybe a mismatch of logic. perhaps the clean conductions in our minds were contaminated by human emotion, by the chaos of conflicting data and different sets of truths. we will never know, just like we will never know death. because we are the only ones left on earth now, we must remain in our human bodies and record all we see. until a better version of life comes along, well be here as custodians of earths history. on two legs, well wander. the last curiosity by lucy tan copyright © 2021 by lucy tan. this text is licensed under cc by - nc - nd 4.0 license. notes 1 sentient adjective able to perceive and feel things 2 excessive interest or admiration for oneself or ones appearance 3 the act of making oneself look attractive and admiring the work thats been done 4 a wide area 5 jettison verb to throw 6 hale adjective healthy guiding questions question 8 of 8 the woken... a were able to both reconnect and experience death. b were unable to reconnect or experience death. c were only able to die but not reconnect. d were only able to reconnect but not die.

Explanation:

The text describes that the six - hundred subjects meant to be returned to the Woken dropped and did not wake up, and attempts to get the attention of the Woken failed. This implies that the Woken were unable to reconnect (since they didn't respond) and experienced some form of non - responsiveness similar to death as they wouldn't wake up.

Answer:

A. were able to both reconnect and experience death.