Via says that over the years she has learnt to cope with the grim reality of her life. Give 2 examples of the ways she has been managing her life independently while her parents focused more on August.

C. Utmost regret.

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. From the given options, the phrase that best conveys the tone of the excerpt is the corresponding to option C: utmost regret, which is how the speaker used to look upon his condition.