Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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"The other Terran has gone," breathless messenger as Kinton followed him from the machine. [109] "Gone? Where did they take him?" Terrans to reach the world of Tepokt. For those who did land there, there was no returning—only know, because of Dr. Chuxolkhee's metal pin. He—he stole a ground car and is gone." years since his rocket had hurtled through the meteorite belt and down to the surface of Tepokt, leaving him the only survivor. Barred off as they were from venturing into space, the highly civilized Tepoktans constantly followed by three police constables in another vehicle. They them by surprise, he killed two of the constables and injured the third before fleeing with one of their spears." " with dismay. messenger, noticing for the first time that the latter was an under-officer He should be used to it after Even if they had been aroused pleased by his admiration, and a spaceman. In fact, he had already [110] enjoyed a decade of borrowed He straightened up, forcing back his early-morning weariness. he believed, no Terran could teach their experts anything. "Then will you tell us, George, "We must get into the air immediately," he told Klaft. "Perhaps we may see him before more about the problems of your first space explorers?" came another to his own. They climbed back into the follow Klaft's progress. had materialized in time to follow Klaft inside. One was a constable but the other he recognized for an officer The aide reached Kinton and My presence is requested in case the crew are of my own planet." [104] of. To protect him, he wondered. Klaft excitedly skipped down Or to get Birken? The pilot headed the craft "That's why I come alone. on any planet he had heard I didn't make it. Say, how bad soberly after having been called to the pilot's compartment. "He stopped to demand fuel from some maintenance workers, but they had been warned and fled." Still ... he sensed the disappointment at his announcement. but he is only one and injured." Klaft hesitated. Later, aboard the jet helicopter that was basically like those Kinton remembered using away, he shook his head at Klaft's respectful protest. "But George! It was enough that they were present when you received the news. They can talk might be offended, George," he answered at last. behind the pilot. In other words, he thought, he was responsible for Birken, who was a Terran, one of his own kind. Maybe they really didn't want to risk hurting his feelings, They were leaving it up to him to handle what they considered his private affair. He wondered what to do. He that Birken was delirious, or acting He questioned the doctor briefly about the ship!" Kinton muttered, gnawing the knuckle of his left thumb. "He's on the run, To help himself forget the colonial authorities will trail him right down through the Dome of Eyes. Wonder what he did?" rather preoccupied manner in that the other injuries were not for whatever help he had been, he reflected. They hadn't needed that for themselves. An exclamation from the constable drew his attention. He rose, and room was made for him at the opposite window. out to the ship!" Klaft relayed the command to the pilot. The helicopter swept As they passed the man below, "Go down!" Kinton ordered. The pilot landed about a hundred yards from the spaceship. "Where do you think you're going?" Seeing that no one ran after supposed to watch over a single individual on the surface. Like their brothers on Terra, the native "Sorry, Kinton," he shouted them jokingly that he felt no The helicopter started to descend, and Kinton remembered up? Every one was struck and break the older man in two. beside the helicopter, Klaft, the pilot, the officer, the constable with the rocket weapon. The call for help that had risen to his lips died there. "Not Milky Way. Klaft, who had descended first, leaving the pilot to bring up the who still retreated toward the ship. "But he'll only get himself killed and destroy the ship! Or if some miracle gets him through, that's worse! He's only one. Half a dozen officials hastened first time he had been crossed. up to escort the party to the the last time! Do you want me to send them to drag you back The crash had been several hundred miles away, but someone had thought of the hospital in have a doctor rating as an expert in human physiology. The survivor—only one occupant of the wreck, alive or dead, had been discovered—had accordingly helicopter. Hardly had he taken two steps, however, when he saw startled changes in the carefully muscles obeyed his impulse to unexpected pang of disappointment. He felt his face flushing with until then what he was really hoping for! The spaceman had been cleaned up and bandaged by the native medicos. Kinton saw that brushing aside the concerned weapon from the surprised constable. "Thrown across the controls guessed. "I bow to your wisdom, George," said the plump Tepoktan doctor who appeared to be in charge. seizing the weapon had him panting. Or was it the fright at having if he was afraid of his a spear thrown at him? He to his surprise that the effort of limping ... hurt ... how could they expect him to realize—? steadied on Birken as the latter approached the foot of the ladder leading to the entrance port drawings, of course, George, for I have not yet had the good fortune to visit you." He broke off at the sound from the patient. "A Terran!" mumbled the injured the man just as he set one foot One struck the ground beside Why, he looked scared when of the ladder just above soothingly. "It's all over and The spaceman was blown back from the ladder. He balanced on you're in good hands. I gather there were no other survivors of Birken's head. the crash?" "You're all right now," he said again. "My name is George Kinton. I don't blame you if I'm hard to understand. You see, I've been his heels for a moment with outstretched his lips after ten years. He tried What happened to you?" requested, turning toward the helicopter. "Yes, George," said Klaft. "George...?" "Well?" "It would be very instructive—that surprised at the harshness of his various organs for a few months!" He climbed into the helicopter and slumped into his seat. Presently, he was aware of Klaft edging were not shaking. He felt dejected, had just been at a high pitch of excitement. "Why did you not let him go, George?" "What? Why ... why ... he would have destroyed the ship am I banged up?" the man should be resting. He had lost track of the moments he had wasted in talk while the others with him stood attentively Didn't want nobody else hurt if ship, George, for it was you who showed us how." corrected. "But what then? We would have built you another serious. "They'll fix you up," he assured the spaceman. "They're that Birken's leg was broken but Kinton flexed his fingers go back and commit more crimes?" "I understand, George, the logic of it," said Klaft. "I meant flew back and forth from his own town nearly every day. He felt that he should not neglect ... it is not my place to say this to the hospital. The doctors operated upon Birken's leg, inserting a metal "I think we should not expect ... that is—" "Who are born to die under the axe, as we say," interrupted this Albirken is such a one, George?" "It is not impossible," admitted Kinton unhappily. "He will tell me little about himself. It may be that he was caught in Tepokt's gravity while fleeing Yet he continued to spend as much time as he could visiting the other man. Then, as his helicopter landed at the city airport one gray dawn, the news reached him.

<question>:
Why is the injured man surprised to see George?

<options>:
A George is the only human on an alien planet
B He is surprised to be alive and able to see
C He knows George from a previous encounter
D He was on a rescue mission for George

<answer>:

A