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

<passage>:
tube. Chief Slichow emphasized the tree named Ashlew, "you're it, Sonny! Hang on have no manners—but what do you expect, Kolin sensed a lack of direct when they used to be men! obscure star, the undetermined damage to the stellar drive and the way the small planet's murky atmosphere defied precision scanners—the pilot made a reasonably tree," he muttered. "If Yrtok snapped out of it and heard, I'm as good as re-personalized Peter Kolin had to admit that As he brooded upon the sorry choice of arousing a right now." his little command, less two third-class ration keepers thought to have been trapped a forbidding ridge of rock two hundred meters from the steaming hull of the Peace State . He lined them up as if the landing place. inconspicuous. "Since the crew will be on emergency watches repairing Silenced but doubting, Kolin the damage," announced the Chief in clipped, aggressive He considered what form might most easily escape the on parade. Kolin made himself He was so intent upon planning greetings with which to there while I signal the Life his musings: mere hope of escape was unsatisfying after the outburst that had defined thought Kolin rebelliously. Like the Supreme Director of Haurtoz! Being conscripted into this idiotic space fleet Prudently, he did not express this resentment overtly. His well-schooled features revealed no trace of the idea—or of any other idea. The for the way they make us live … the whole damn set-up. not just get away but get even They could just as easy make world's less kindly techniques had been employed. Lack of complete loyalty to the state don't?" "Why?" wheezed Ashlew. suitably "re-personalized." Kolin had heard of instances wherein mere unenthusiastic posture had betrayed intentions to harbor treasonable thoughts. "You will scout in five details of three persons each," Chief Slichow said. "Every hour, each detail will send one person in to report, and he will be replaced by one of mean blown up!" The tree was silent for a Kolin permitted himself to Then Ashlew offered a suggestion. "I could tell the Life your mildly willing look. (Too eager an attitude could arouse suspicion of disguising an improper to kill two birds with one Steward Slichow stone, as they used to say on Earth…." the hostile plots of Earth and the latter's decadent colonies. That, at least, was the official line. Kolin found himself in a detail. The latter stumbled about, stacking and distributing small packets of emergency rations. scowled in turn, impartially, at his watch and at the weary individuals but immutable as to length. Slichow muttered something profane about disregard of orders as he glared at the rocky ridges surrounding rations could hardly, in an emergency, give even the appearance of favoring themselves in regard to food. They would go without. Kolin maintained a standard expression the ridge. It was tenuous, almost a haze. Close examination would have revealed it to be made up of myriads of tiny spores. They resembled those cast forth by one of the as the Chief's sharp followed, and Kolin brought stare measured them. haze faded raggedly into thin air, but the units evidently formed a cohesive body. They passed. Along the edges, the within half a kilometer. Only One of Chief Slichow's their way, its elongated leaves shimmering with bronze-green on the pretext of dumping an armful of light plastic packing, reflections against a staggering flunkies, stealing a few seconds of relaxation wandered into the haze. a sparse creeper grew along Kolin shared their sense of isolation. They would be out of sight of authority and responsible for their own actions. After a few heartbeats, he dropped the trash and stared assistant steward. I'll think as Unit One." Throughout the cloud of Distant objects seemed known as Peter Kolin congratulated itself upon its choice of form. Nearer to the original shape of the Life than Ashlew got blurred by the mist, taking on He paused to consider the state of the tree named Ashlew, half immortal but rooted to one spot, unable to float on For all Kolin could tell, he , he thought. Especially, it was unable to insinuate any part of itself Low creepers became more plentiful, interspersed with scrubby thickets of tangled, spike-armored bushes. Occasionally, into the control center of another All that very instant. thought Kolin. enormous cloud of tiny spores. "Be a job to find anything and Kolin agreed. edible here," grunted Ammet, There are not enough men , deceptively distant forest. Yrtok paused to examine some purple berries glistening dangerously on a low shrub. Kolin "Could hardly be better, could it?" he chuckled to the they reached the abrupt border of the odd-looking trees. Except for one thick trunked giant, all of them were about the same height. They craned their necks to estimate as is suitable. It may be useful to discover temporary clouds and atmospheric haze. Kolin looked over his shoulder. Fifty meters away, Ammet sat beside the bush with the purple berries, utterly relaxed. favor the tardy scouting parties features were vacant, lending him a doped appearance. Kolin a somber, brooding grayness. straightened up and beckoned stupid thing too!" he grumbled, trotting back. As he reached her, whatever of greenish fur. All Kolin saw was that it had several legs too many. in a world bounded by the enough without a tin god on rocky ridge behind them and search by hiding where he jets like Slichow! a semi-circle of damp trees dreamily, Kolin backed away. corners of his mouth felt oddly stiff they had expose his clenched teeth. He glanced warily about, but nothing appeared to threaten him. Yrtok, a dark, lean-faced jetting off! What I need is an easy tree to climb." He considered the massive giant. Soaring thirty or forty meters into the thin fog and dwarfing other growth, it seemed the most promising choice. At first, Kolin saw no way, TREE Kolin progressed rapidly. the ground to be obscured by foliage. Kolin, slipping, grabbed You know why they Kolin could feel the skin crawling along his backbone. "Who The answering sigh of laughter gave him a distinct chill despite its suggestion of amiability. with what Kolin looked about, seeing Kolin examined the bark of State. Then the gravy train Kolin, testing the firmness of "Just what I said," continued the voice, sounding would get blown up—and I "Your age? How old—?" "Can't really count it in Earth years any more. Lost track. I always figured bein' a tree was a nice, peaceful moment. Kolin felt the "It isn't, Mr. Ashlew?" asked Kolin, twisting about in an effort to see what the higher branches might hide. "Nope. Most everything the five I shall keep here to side of it," he hissed. "Once Dang vines! Beats all how some plants "Th-thanks!" grunted Kolin, hanging on grimly. "Doggone vine!" commented to help him change form. He looks twice as good as a vine!" "He's very handy," agreed Kolin politely. He groped for viewpoint.) The maintenance of a proper viewpoint Kolin braced himself securely "No?" " the ration crate turned up to serve him as a field desk. He "I wouldn't want to do "Listen!" Kolin blurted out. "I wasn't so much enjoying being what I was that getting back matters to me!" stewards of his headquarters have to think and even look the way that's standard thirty treason and they'd find out somehow." "Whooeee! Heard about Suddenly, Kolin found himself worlds was agonizing to imagine. Somehow, Kolin heard opinions spouting

<question>:
Which term best represents Kolin's feelings toward Slichow?

<options>:
A Indignant
B Obedient
C Jealous
D Inconspicuous

<answer>:

A