It could be a metaphor since you are comparing them to reptiles without using like or as.
Can we see the paragraph and if there’s answer choices can I see them to?
Answer: I believe the and is C) Happy
The answers are:
"Jordyn the jock was not as bad as I thought she would be when I first learned we’d been paired to lead the cabin of eight-year-olds."
"By the second week of camp, I realized I actually liked Mariah a lot more than I’d expected to."
The lines help to develop the theme that people who have little in common can become friends because both caracters admit that they have made previous judgements before getting to know each other. However, after sharing and going through certain circumstances, they realize that they actually like each other.
