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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death-struggle, lashing out with flames of poison. Evelyn Kane awoke, breathing slowly and painfully. The top of the For a long while she lay, hurting and breathing helplessly. Die now—die now—die now —" The votron had awakened her with its heart-breaking code message, and She had only to find the relay beside her cot, press the key that would immediately. Her mind, like that of a drowning person, raced hungrily over the memories of her past. For twenty years, in company with her great father, she had watched The Defender grow from a vast metal skeleton into a planet-sized The Terrans could only fight for time and hope for a miracle. The Defender , commanded by her father, Gordon, Lord Kane, hurled itself from its orbit around Procyon and met The Invader The prone woman stirred uneasily. Here the images became unreal The Defender's outer shell. Then had come that final interview with her father. also working on a means for your escape—not only because you are Gordon's daughter, but because this great proton storm will prevent radio contact with Terra for years, and we want someone to escape with our secret if and when our experiments prove successful." "But you must expect to die," her father had warned with gentle finality. She clenched her fingernails vehemently into her palms and wrenched dismay. The mahogany box containing the key had burst its metal bonds With a gurgle of horror she snapped on her wrist luminar and examined hard and thinking. She had no means to construct another key. At best, finding the rare tools and parts would take months, and during the She gave herself six weeks to accomplish this stalemate in space. Then she crawled on her elbows and stomach to the tiny door, spun the Should he shoot immediately, or should he capture her? It had been two months since he had seen a woman. But then, his orders were to shoot. Evelyn turned in profile to the beam-gun and stretched luxuriously, he would call up the squad. Finally, they would kill her and move on. Hips dipping, Evelyn sauntered into the shattered copse. The man moved For I.Q.'s of 100 and less, telepathic cortical paralysis was quite he bled to death, she slipped deftly into the baggy suit, clasped the "Name?" "Evelyn Kane." the guards remove her, and execution would follow immediately. In a "Do you not understand the master tongue? Why did you kill the guards on either side of her dug their nails into her arms, as was their custom with recalcitrant prisoners, but she took no notice. She had analyzed the minds of the three men. She could handle the could take the information and then kill her. He nodded curtly to the Evelyn Kane crossed her arms across her chest and felt her broken rib Evelyn Kane smiled gently at the impotent, inwardly raging inquisitor. Evelyn was extremely careful with her mental probe as she descended "The Commandant is shooting prisoners," he replied laconically. something to the guard, and then told Evelyn to follow her. In the anteroom a grey cat looked her over curiously, and Evelyn certain circumstances the animal could prove her deadliest enemy. She thought quickly. This pompous little ass would have to be given some answer that would keep him from checking with the inquisitor. It Evelyn cleared her throat, averted her eyes, and with some effort, Evelyn tensed her mind to receive and deceive a mental probe. She was of time if he became interested in her. He must be avoided if at all calculating machines trailed off into a watchful silence, and she could for long. Perat was merely amused at her "lie" to his under-supervisor. He had accepted her at her own face value, as supplied by her false memories. balustrade. He gave no immediate notice of her presence. The five hundred and sixth heir of Tharn was of uncertain age, as were most of the men of both globes. Only the left side of his face could be and unconscious superiority. To Evelyn the jeweled fingers bespoke an In alarm she suddenly realized that she had inadvertently let her Evelyn Kane felt a horrid chill creeping over her. The man's hair was white, now, and his proud face lined with deep furrows, but there could be no mistake. It was Gordon, Lord Kane. Her father. The sweat continued to grow on her forehead, and she felt for a moment that she needed only to wish hard enough, and this would be a dream. A dream of a big, kind, dark-haired man with laugh-wrinkles about his eyes, who sat her on his knee when she was a little girl and read An icy, amused voice came through: "Our orders are to kill all prisoners. It is entertaining to shoot down helpless men, isn't it? It explaining why the Commandant had called her to the balcony. Because all captured Terrans had to be killed, he hated his superiors, his own men, and especially the prisoners. A task so revolting he could not relegate to his own officers. He must do it himself, but he wanted his "It is even more stimulating to require a shuddering female to kill She nodded dumbly. Her palm was so wet that a drop of sweat dropped from it to the floor. She was thinking hard. She could kill the Commandant and save her father for a little while. But then the problem of detonating the pile remained, and it would not be solved contrary if she could get him interested in her— "So far as our records indicate," murmured Perat, "the man down there The man leaning on the balustrade turned and looked at Evelyn, at first The Faeg dropped from her hand. With a titanic effort she activated her had to lean on the coping. shouldn't have asked you to kill the Terran. It was a sorry joke." Then: "Have you ever seen me before?" "No," she whispered hoarsely. His mind was in hers, verifying the fact. "Have you ever met my father, Phaen, the old Count of Tharn?" "No." "Do you have a son?" "No." His mind was out of hers again, and he had turned moodily back, Apparently he suspected nothing. Father. Father. I had to do it. But we'll all join you, soon. Soon. III Perat lay on his couch, sipping cold purple somewhere. Evelyn made the rhythm part of her as she swayed slowly on his probe from her mind. While she danced it was not too difficult to of metal wire, which Evelyn recognized as being feed for an amateur waited in the dark, breathing rather loudly. Evelyn studied the trio with growing wonder. The old man and the boy were complete strangers. But the woman—! "That is Phaen, my father," said Perat quietly. "He stayed at home because he hated war. And that is a path in our country estate on Evelyn's hands knotted unconsciously. She forced her body to relax, but her mind was racing. This introduced another variable to be controlled must make it a known quantity. "Did your father send it to you?" she asked. "The day before you arrived here. It had been en route for months, of course." "What did he say about it?" "He said, 'Your widow and son send greetings. Be of good cheer, and accept our love.' What nonsense! He knows very well I'm not married and that—well, if I have ever fathered any children, I don't know about them." "Is that all he said?" Evelyn crossed the room and returned the ring. "Existence is so full of mysteries, isn't it?" murmured Perat. Evelyn's heart skipped a beat. "Indeed?" She must absolutely not be seen by the condemned inquisitor. The "Odd scent," corrected Evelyn cryptically. She was thinking about The question remained—who would be the more frightened, she or the

<question>:
Why was it so difficult for Evelyn to kill the prisoner?

<options>:
A He's one of her people and she has lingering loyalty
B She wants him to escape but can't let him
C He's her uncle
D He's her father

<answer>:

D