 How does Claney feel about Mikuta?
Brightside Crossing by Alan E. Nourse JAMES BARON was not pleased to hear that he had had a visitor when he reached the Red Lion that evening. He had no stomach for mysteries, vast or trifling, and there were pressing things to think about at this time. Across to the right was a group that Baron knew vaguely—Andean climbers, or at least two of them were. Then he settled back and waited impatiently for the intruder who demanded his time without justifying it. I guess I was about ten when Wyatt and Carpenter made the last attempt—that was in 2082, I think. After that, I followed Sanderson’s work in the Twilight Lab up there and began to get Brightside into my blood, sure as death. But it was Mikuta’s idea to attempt a Crossing. Did you ever know Tom Mikuta? He was a major in the Interplanetary Service for some years and hung onto the title after he gave up his commission. He was with Armstrong on Mars during his Service days, did a good deal of the original mapping and surveying for the Colony there. I first met him on Venus; we spent five years together up there doing some of the nastiest exploring since the Matto Grasso. Then he made the attempt on Vulcan Crater that paved the way for Balmer a few years later. He also had the kind of personality that could take a crew of wild men and make them work like a well-oiled machine across a thousand miles of Venus jungle.
 Claney likes Mikuta. He can trust Mikuta.
 Claney likes Mikuta. He can trust Mikuta.  Claney doesn't like Mikuta. Mikuta makes too many mistakes.  Claney likes Mikuta, but Mikuta makes too many mistakes.  Claney doesn't like Mikuta. He can't trust Mikuta.