Which synonym best replaces the word faculties as it is used in the following passage (from paragraph 1)?
He laid the axe on the ground near the dead body and felt at once in her pocket (trying to avoid the streaming blood)-the same right-hand
pocket from which she had taken the key on his last visit. He was in full possession of his faculties, free from confusion or giddiness, but his
hands were still trembling. He remembered afterwards that he had been particularly collected and careful, trying all the time not to get smeared
with blood.
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A sensibilities
B. talents
C. reason
D. temper