input: Text: <unk>!-- $Id: header.txt 236 2009-12-07 18:57:00Z vlsimpson $ --> TIME and the WOMAN By Dewey, G. Gordon HER ONLY PASSION WAS BEAUTY—BEAUTY WHICH WOULD LAST FOREVER. AND FOR IT—SHE'D DO ANYTHING! Ninon stretched. And purred, almost. There was something lazily catlike in her flexing; languid, yet ferally alert. The silken softness of her couch yielded to her body as she rubbed against it in sensual delight. There was almost the litheness of youth in her movements. It was true that some of her joints seemed to have a hint of stiffness in them, but only she knew it. And if some of the muscles beneath her polished skin did not respond with quite the resilience of the youth they once had, only she knew that, too. But they would again, she told herself fiercely. She caught herself. She had let down her guard for an instant, and a frown had started. She banished it imperiously. Frowns—just one frown—could start a wrinkle! And nothing was as stubborn as a wrinkle. One soft, round, white, long-nailed finger touched here, and here, and there—the corners of her eyes, the corners of her mouth, smoothing them. Wrinkles acknowledged only one
  Question: Is there a romantic connection between Ninon and Robert?
  
   (A) Yes. He cares dearly for her and spends his last night with her and she wants him because of the resources and access he can provide for her.
   (B) Not really. Ninon sees him as a pawn to hijack the flight, and if Robert truly loved Ninon he probably wouldn't end up participating in the space travel.
   (C) Somewhat. They both care for each other but in different ways, it's unclear if they would survive a long-term relationship given Robert's space travel.
   (D) No. Robert only went to Ninon for sex before his takeoff, he wouldn't actually leave if he cared about Ninon's wellbeing.
  Answer:
output: Not really. Ninon sees him as a pawn to hijack the flight, and if Robert truly loved Ninon he probably wouldn't end up participating in the space travel.