 Why does Click suspect that the meteor strike wasn’t accidental?
For Click and Irish were marooned on the pirate's asteroid—their only weapons a single gun and a news-reel camera. Hathaway only knew he was picked up and hurled against a lever-bank, and that Marnagan wasn't long in following, swearing loud words. They stood in the middle of a pocked, time-eroded meteor plain that stretched off, dipping down into silent indigo and a rash of stars. "It's not proof we need now, Click. Oh, God, this would make great news-release stuff if we ever get back to Earth. Click's voice gasped it out, as Marnagan squeezed his two-hundred-fifty pounds beside him. Instinctively, Hathaway added, "Asteroid monsters!
 The meteor was unusually hot and glowing.
 The meteor was quiet and stealthy.  Gunther had thrown meteors before.  The meteor was unusually hot and glowing.  The gravity threw them out of orbit.