The resilent tone in "Diez in the Desert" can be inferred from which line?
A. "But the desert's denizens could only hunker down and endure june."
B. "Diez never knew the names of anyone on the trip. He preferred not to ask."
C. "...Diez watched and thought to himself, 'God willing, It'll happen."
D. "As they ate in his crackly voice and dry laugh, he told the the story of how a heavyset woman he'd known only as 'Senora' had died. . .and almost expired himself."