2)Using the context clues, identify the meaning of the word as it is used in the sentence. Mary looked around at the PRISTINE kitchen, wondering who had taken the time to clean.

strict
help; aid
very clean
polite
pass on; hand down
dreadful; shocking
excited
guilt
flood; downpour
facial appearance

very clean

Explanation:

in this context it implies that the kitchen is clean by questioning who took the time to do so ; also just took the lesson

in the story "marionettes inc," in the last line of the story, braling two is referred to by the narrator as the "someone." what does this new identifier imply and how does it add to the drama of the closing scene?