Question

Midnight came and went and still Hobart was in the lab, snooping around for materials: a bit of rubber, a blob of clay, and a handful of batteries. Clutching the items he had found, Hobart returned to his workstation. He toiled through the wee hours of the night until a golden slice of sunlight struggled to penetrate the ground floor lab. Flipping a switch, Hobart watched as his creation, with its rectangle-shaped head and green face, came to life. The tone of the idiom “wee hours” is best described as . . .

Distant, cold

Sleepy, weary

Moved, touched

Open, carefree

Answer 1

The tone of the idiom “wee hours” is best described as **sleepy, weary**. The phrase typically refers to the early morning hours when people are generally tired and it's associated with late-night or early-morning activities, often reflecting a sense of exhaustion.