 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. 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. Instinctively, Hathaway added, "Asteroid monsters! Super-gravity and a couple of well-tossed meteors. From it, Gunther strikes unseen; ships simply crash, that's all. Looks like accidental death instead of murder, if the Patrol happens to land and finds us. The first light struck film-surface, destroyed one chemical, leaving imprints; the second exposure simply hardened, secured the impressions.
 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.