 What isn't a reason that Ri turned on Mia?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Of course using live bait is the best way to lure dangerous alien animals ... unless it turns out that you are the bait! "It was over here," he moved the finger, "over the ridge, north of here, that we sighted them." Extrone asked, "Is there a pass?" Delicately, Extrone raised a hand to his beard. Right up ahead of us. "We'll pitch camp right here, then," Extrone said. He crossed to Mia, who, along with him, had been pressed into Extrone's party as guides. Once more, Ri addressed the bearers, "Be quick, now!" And to Mia, "God almighty, he was getting mad." "It's that damned pilot's fault for setting us down on this side. "I wish to God I'd never heard of a farn beast," Ri said. "At least, then, I wouldn't be one of his guides. "What hurts most, he pays us for it. I could buy half this planet, and he makes me his guide—at less than I pay my secretary." "You two scout ahead," Extrone said. "Yes, sir," Ri said, and instantly the two of them readjusted their shoulder straps and started off. Mia said, "The first time, we weren't guides. Or, rather, there was a wide gap. Before them lay a blast area, unmistakable. The grass was beginning to grow again, but the tree stumps were roasted from the rocket breath. And I don't think there's another cargo rocket on this planet outside of the one we leased from the Club. "Whoever they were, they couldn't have been hunters. "We didn't have a chance," Mia objected. "Everybody and his brother had heard the rumor that farn beasts were somewhere around here. Mia shook perspiration out of his eyes. The pilot must have been the one who told Extrone we'd hunted this area." "After Extrone said he'd hunt farn beasts, even if it meant going to the alien system? There was perspiration on Ri's upper lip. " I didn't tell Extrone, if that's what you're thinking," Mia said. "No.
 he thought Mia had a better chance to survive
 he thought Mia had a better chance to survive  Mia's ideas scared him  he thought his honesty would save him  he didn't want to be bait