 What might lead the reader to think that Ashlew  is trying to draw Kolin into a trap?
It may be useful to discover temporary sources in this area of natural foods." Lack of complete loyalty to the state was likely to result in a siege of treatment that left the subject suitably "re-personalized." The maintenance of a proper viewpoint was a necessity if the Planetary State were to survive the hostile plots of Earth and the latter's decadent colonies. Kolin found himself in a group with Jak Ammet, a third cook, and Eva Yrtok, powdered foods storekeeper. For all Kolin could tell, he and the others were isolated in a world bounded by the rocky ridge behind them and a semi-circle of damp trees and bushes several hundred meters away. "Be a job to find anything edible here," grunted Ammet, and Kolin agreed.
 The way in which he offers to talk to the powerful force about Kolin's history
 The way in which he offers to talk to the powerful force about Kolin's history  The holes strewn across Ashlew's back.  The fact that Ashlew assumed Kolin had been to Earth.  The fact that anyone would think a tree would be a good being to change into.