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

<passage>:
Blane and Splinter Wood, their space-ship the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Old Kerry Blane exploded. "Damn it!" he roared. "I don't like you and I don't like this ship and I don't like the assignment and I don't like those infernal pills you keep eating and I—" "Splinter" Wood grinned. "Seems to me, Kerry," he remarked humorously, "that you don't like much of anything!" Kerry Blane growled unintelligibly, batted the injector lever with a Splinter rolled his six foot three of lanky body into a more small box from his shirt pocket, and removed a marble-like capsule. "Better take one of these," he warned. "You're liable to get the space bends at any moment." Old Kerry Blane snorted, batted the box aside impatiently, scowled moodily at the capsules that bounced for a moment against the pilot "Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!" Splinter reached out lazily, plucked the capsules from Kerry Blane lit one of the five allotted cigarettes of the day. fragrant smoke. "I know all the arguments you can put up ain't that all I been hearing for a week? You take your vitamins A, B, C, D, all you want, but you leave me alone—or I'll stuff your head down your throat, P.D.Q.!" "All right, all right!" Splinter tucked the capsule box back into his gonna be begging for some of my vitamin, super-concentrated pills before we get back to Earth." Kerry Blane made a rich, ripe noise with his mouth. They made a strange contrast as they lay in their air bunks. Splinter gave a false impression of awkwardness. While the vitriolic Kerry Blane and Kerry Blane had heard them all, had thanked the Something died within Kerry Blane's heart that morning, shriveled and Blane's heart, and he had taken the youngster in hand to give him the Splinter Wood was a probationary pilot, had been admitted to the Kerry Blane scrubbed out his cigarette, scowled bleakly at the the days of his youth when he had a full life to look forward to. "If you're afraid, you can get out and walk back," he snapped ?" Kerry Blane choked Kerry Blane exploded, words spewing volcanically forth. Splinter when Kerry Blane had quieted until he but smoldered, he leaned over and "Seventy-eight what?" Kerry Blane asked sullenly, the old twinkle fumbling through their contents. He felt the bite of the hypodermic, felt a deadly numbness replace the raging torment that had been his for seconds. He swallowed three capsules automatically, passed into a coma-like sleep, woke hours later to stare clear-eyed into Splinter's "Close, wasn't it?" he said weakly, conversationally. "Close enough!" Splinter agreed relievedly. "If you had followed my advice and taken those vitamin capsules, you'd never have had the bends." Kerry Blane grinned, winced when he felt the dull ache in his body. take your pills every day, just as I do—from now on." "All right—and thanks!" "Forget it!" Splinter flushed in quick embarrassment. Kerry Blane nodded in silent approval. "What's it really like?" Splinter asked impatiently. Kerry Blane yawned, settled back luxuriously. "I'll tell you later," he ability of a spaceman who sleeps when and if he can. Splinter smiled Kerry Blane glanced tolerantly at his young companion, felt a nostalgic lives of three other people!" Kerry Blane nodded. "Yes," he agreed, and his voice changed subtly. Splinters shivered slightly. "Do you think we'll find it?" he asked. after all, it's just an animated appetite looking for food." Splinter Wood watched him with awe in his eyes, seeing for the first Kerry Blane heard Splinter's instant sigh of unbelief. Splinter turned a wondering face. "But the official reports say that given when exploration was forbidden!" Kerry Blane nodded. "That was merely a pretext to keep foolhardy spacemen from losing their lives on the planet. In reality, the Kerry Blane lit a cigarette, leaned toward a vision port. He felt again "Brrrr!" Splinter shivered in sudden horror. Kerry Blane chuckled dryly. "Feel like going for a swim?" he asked Splinter shook his head, watched the scene disappear from view to the Kerry Blane chuckled again, swung the cruiser toward the tiny smudge of Splinter buckled on his dis-gun, excitement flaring in his eyes. "Orders are orders!" Kerry Blane shrugged. now and then, to the lanky Splinter who scowled moodily and toyed with "Cheer up, lad," Kerry Blane said finally. "I think you'll find plenty "Maybe?" Splinter said gloomily. the snoring Splinter. "Huh? Whuzzat?" Splinter grunted, rolled to his elbow. "Oh!" Splinter swung his feet from the bunk, peered from the vision "Don't get your hopes too high, lad," he counseled. "With those super Zelta guns, it won't take ten minutes to wipe out that monster." Splinter rubbed his hands together, sighed like a boy seeing his first "Belt yourself," Kerry Blane warned. "If that beach isn't solid, I'll "We're going in," Kerry Blane said quietly. He closed a knife switch, seeing too late the vitamin capsule that was lodged in the slot. There was the sharp splutter of a short-circuit, Kerry Blane said absolutely nothing, his breath driven from him by the Kerry Blane choked, tried to turn his head from the water that trickled Splinter Wood laughed, almost hysterically, mopped at his forehead with Kerry Blane moved his arm experimentally, felt broken bones grate in an exquisite wave of pain. He fought back the nausea, gazed about the cabin, realized the ship lay on its side. "Maybe I am," he said ruefully. "No man could live through that crash." Splinter moved away, sat down tiredly on the edge of a bunk. He shook Kerry Blane nodded, clambered to his feet, favoring his broken arm. Splinter looked up from his task of bandaging his leg. "What caused he swore monotonously and bitterly for a moment. "Those gol-damned pills you been taking caused the crash!" he roared. "One of them broke and shorted out the control board." He scowled at the incredulous Splinter. "By the three tails of a Martian sand-pup, I Splinter flushed, seemed to be fumbling for words. After a bit, Kerry Splinter nodded, opened the medical locker, worked with tape and Splinter finished, tucked the supplies away. Splinter Wood was silent, awed by the beauty and the tremendous size of hand to aid Kerry Blane's descent. Kerry Blane came down slowly and Kerry Blane strode forward, puzzlement on his lined face, his hand "Try the other," Kerry Blane said slowly. Splinter lifted the second gun, pressed the stud, gazed white-faced at Old Kerry Blane dropped the first gun to his side, swore harshly. "Damn it," he said. "They didn't think of it you didn't think of it

<question>:
Why doesn't Kerry Blane take the pills that Splinter offers him?

<options>:
A He thinks Splinter is trying to poison him
B He thinks he doesn't need the pills because he never took them when he was younger
C He thinks the pills are only for new pilots
D He thinks the pills do more harm than good

<answer>:

B