 How did the other five people feel about Svan?
"The Council did not know what we would face. She shook them out and handed the bowl to Svan, who was rapidly creasing the six fatal slips. Svan, too, had left his unopened. There was comprehension in their eyes, Svan saw ... but still that uncertainty. Svan waited impatiently for the chosen one to announce it—a second, ten seconds.... He stared at them in a new light, saw their indecision magnified, became opposition. In fractions of a second, Svan had considered the evidence and reached his decision. The six conspirators in Svan's old ground car moved slowly along the main street of the native town. "Good," said Svan, observing them.
 Scared of his dangerous plan, but willing to follow him.
 They don't want to upset him, but they won't tell him he's wrong.  Scared of his dangerous plan, but willing to follow him.  Unsure that what he's doing is best for Venus.  They think he's gone too far and aren't willing to do the dangerous deed.