 How does Kolin feel about Ashlew?
Lack of complete loyalty to the state was likely to result in a siege of treatment that left the subject suitably "re-personalized." Kolin found himself in a group with Jak Ammet, a third cook, and Eva Yrtok, powdered foods storekeeper. Chief Slichow emphasized that the keepers of rations could hardly, in an emergency, give even the appearance of favoring themselves in regard to food. 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. "What do you mean, anything you wanted?" asked Kolin, testing the firmness of a vertical vine.
 He is hesitant but drawn to him all the same.
 He does not trust him because he has many features not standard for trees.  He is hesitant but drawn to him all the same.  He is certain that Ashlew is trying to trick him.  He trusts them, as the highest ranking person in this new planet he has met so far.