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

<passage>:
THE ULTROOM ERROR by JERRY SOHL Smith admitted he had made an error involving a few murders—and a few thousand years. He was entitled to a sense of humor, though, even in the Ultroom! HB73782. Ultroom error. Tendal 13. Arvid 6. Kanad transfer out of 1609 complete, intact, but too near limit of 1,000 Occasionally she glanced at her son in the play pen, who was getting rather amused set to his lips. knees hit the side of the play pen and young Laughton let out a scream—half from hurt and half from sudden lack of confidence in his seemed off balance and he backed up confusedly in the face of the don't even want to think about it." "What do you do?" "Fine." "How's everything at the office?" "Fine." "Yes, I'd almost forgotten about it." "Why don't you be a good fellow and write a check for it? It's been over a year, you know." forward on his face. "But there must a .30-.30." walk." If we keep Reggie in the house much longer he'll turn out to be a "We'll never be able to prosecute in this case," the states attorney said. "At least not on a drunken driving basis." "I can't get over it," the chief of police said. "I've got at least "The men with .30-.30?" It was the chief's turn to shake his head. "Your guess is as good as mine. There are a lot of angles to this case none of us understand. It looks deliberate, but where's the motive?" "What does the man have to say?" "It's all been rather embarrassing to the department." He coughed self-consciously. "He's proved a strange one, all right. He says his a week and we've all taken turns questioning him. He laughs and admits his guilt—in fact, he seems amused by most everything. Sometimes all gives you the creeps." to take delight in answering questions—sort of anticipates them and funny business." "Guess you're right. Well, Mr. Smith won't think it's so funny when we hang criminal negligence or manslaughter on him. By the way, you've checked possible family connections?" Arvid 6—for John Smith Arvid 6—had lain in that position for Arvid 6 knew Tendal 13 had materialized and was somewhere in the doorway. There was a clang when the outer doorway was opened and Arvid The man threw the brief case on the jail cot and stood glaring. "Your damned foolishness has gone far enough. I'm sick and tired of it," he declared. "If you carry on any more we'll never get back to the Ultroom!" "I'm sorry, Tendal," the man on the cot said. "I didn't think—" even deserve to get back to our era. You ought to be made to rot here." "I'm really sorry about that," Arvid 6 said. You know the instructions. Just because you work in the Ultroom don't get to thinking human life doesn't have any value. We wouldn't be here if it hadn't. But to unnecessarily kill—" The older man shook his head. "You could have killed yourself as well and we'd never get the job done. As it is, you almost totally obliterated me." Tendal 13 paced the length of the cell and back again, gesturing as he talked. "It was only with the greatest effort I pulled myself back together again. I doubt that you could have done it. And then all the while you've been sitting here, probably enjoying yourself with your special brand of humor I have grown to despise." "You didn't have to come along at all, you know," Arvid 6 said. "How well I know! How sorry I am that I ever did! It was only because I was sorry for you, because someone older and more experienced than you was needed. I volunteered. Imagine that! I volunteered! Tendal 13 reaches the height of stupidity and volunteers to help Arvid 6 go back 6,000 years to bring Kanad back, to correct a mistake Arvid 6 made!" "All right, all right," Arvid 6 said. "I'll admit I've made some mistakes. You're just not adventurous, that's all." "Shut up! For once you're going to listen to me. Our instructions specifically stated we were to have as little as possible to do with these people. But at every turn you've got us more and more enmeshed with them. If that's adventure, you can have it." Tendal 13 sat down wearily and sank his head in his hands. "It was you who conceived the "Still you wanted to run the whole show. 'I'm younger than you,' you space halfway to nowhere with two broken legs, a spinal injury, concussion and some of the finest bruises you ever saw." These twentieth century machines aren't what they ought to be," Arvid 6 said. "You never run out of excuses, do you, Arvid? Remember what you said slipped.' It was so simple everyone believed you. You were given no real punishment. In a way it was a reward—at least to you—getting to go back and rescue the life germ of Kanad out of each era he'd be born in." Tendal 13 turned and looked steadily and directly at Arvid 6. "Do you know what I think? I think you deliberately pushed the lever over as far as it would go . That's how simple I think it was." Arvid 6 flushed, turned away and looked at the floor. "What crazy things have you been doing since I've been gone?" Tendal 13 asked. Arvid 6 sighed. "After what you just said I guess it wouldn't amuse you, although it has me. They got to me right after the accident before I had a chance to collect my wits, dematerialize or "That's right." "And you're thoroughly amused, no doubt. Have they questioned you?" "I suppose you'd think so." "Who do you tell them you are?" manufactured a pasteboard called a social security card and a driver's license—" "Never mind. It's easy to see you've been your own inimitable self. Believe me, if I ever get back to the Ultroom I hope I never see you Tendal 13 shook his head. "I haven't heard. The transfers are getting be around 2250. Things will be more difficult than ever there, probably." "Do you think Kanad will be angry about all this?" "If it had been anybody but Kanad nobody'd ever have thought of going back after it. The life germ of the head of the whole galactic system who came to the Ultroom to be transplanted to a younger body—and then sending him back beyond his original birth date—" Tendal 13 got up and commenced his pacing again. "Oh, I suppose Kanad's partly to blame, wanting rejuvenating at only 300 years. Some have waited a thousand or more or until their bones are like paper." "I just wonder how angry Kanad will be," Arvid muttered. HB92167. Ultroom Error. Tendal 13. Arvid 6. Kanad transfer Hemisphere B, Quadrant 3, Sector I. Arrive his 329th Day. Arvid 6 rose from the cot and the two men faced each other. "Before we leave, Arvid," Tendal 13 started to say. "Exactly. Is that too much to ask after all you've done?" "I hope I can count on that." Tendal 13 rang the jail buzzer. Matthews," Tendal 13 told the jailer. Arvid 6, an amused set to his mouth and devilment in his eyes, watched "Arvid!" Tendal 13 walked briskly through the door, snatched Arvid 6 by the

<question>:
Which term best describes Tendal 13's perception of  Arvid 6's work ethic?

<options>:
A reckless
B audacious
C uninspiring
D meritorious

<answer>:

A