The sensory imagery of the sky "lit gray with early morning" contributes to the mood of the text by conveying a sense of gloom. The gray lighting suggests a lack of brightness and warmth, which can evoke feelings of bleakness or sadness in the context of the scene described.
I'll check the roots, says Sky, and he trots up the passage before Mark can stop him. Above, in the red firelight of the upper cave, the heat has grown to wringing, and Sky notices at once that Teller has moved. He has dragged himself closer to the fire, his ribs pumping fast from the effort. The hot touch of his skin stings Sky's fingertips, but he still tugs Teller away from the fire, to where the warmth is drawn upward into the windy main passageway already lit gray with early morning.
Use the excerpt from "From the Caves" to answer the question.
How does the sensory imagery of the sky "lit gray with early morning" contribute to the mood of the text?
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It gives a sense of gloom.
It gives a sense of desperation.
It gives a sense of foreboding.
It gives a sense of hope.
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