How do i use indignant in a sentence

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

Isaw my future flash before me and it did not take me anytime to slow down. i need to replace the words "it did".

What is a mechanism by which organisms maintain homeostasis when the level of one substance influences the level of another substance or the activity of an organ.