Martin points out one other characteristic of sleep _reduced responsiveness to stimuli. Because the brain's response to stimuli is reduced and not blocked, we can still respond to danger. The tone of the passage above can be described as

Objective

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The tone of the given passage can be described as objective. An objective text is a text uninfluenced by the author's personal feelings, beliefs, opinions, or assumptions. This type of text relies on facts. This applies to the passage you were given, as well, making it objective. The opposite of this would be a subjective text, which is affected by the author's personal point of view.

what you where bleeping things out

because he was killed by the black arrow.