"It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines, we would all be together in a sudden strangeness." Q1) What will happen if there is no rush or running of engines? Q2) What sort of moment will it be? Q3) How would all of us feel at that moment?

im not sure if its a or b but i think its b because of the past tense

if the italicized words are he ran switfly, we can rewrite the sentence using a verbal phrase as follows:

running swiftly he was able to overtake the child.

they have to destroy the colonized people's culture, including their literature and language.