Joel said dryly: "Well—what's stopping you?"
Walt Eriss began to tremble. "No," he said in a harsh voice. "I don't want witnesses."
"Talk," said Joel. "You talk too much to do anything."
The ex-surgeon turned abruptly on his heel and stalked away.
Thorp said, low-voiced, "Watch him. Don't ever let him get behind you."
"He's a bluff."
"No. He's a killer. I've seen his kind before. He'll get you, Joel." The spaceman's blue eyes were cold. "You're not safe while he's alive...."
Joel frowned. "What do you mean?"
"I mean we'd better dump him down the reconverters tonight!"
Joel was shocked. "I'm not a murderer!"