input: Text: BIG ANCESTOR By F. L. WALLACE Illustrated by EMSH Man's family tree was awesome enough to give every galactic race an inferiority complex—but then he tried to climb it! In repose, Taphetta the Ribboneer resembled a fancy giant bow on a package. His four flat legs looped out and in, the ends tucked under his wide, thin body, which constituted the knot at the middle. His neck was flat, too, arching out in another loop. Of all his features, only his head had appreciable thickness and it was crowned with a dozen long though narrower ribbons. Taphetta rattled the head fronds together in a surprisingly good imitation of speech. "Yes, I've heard the legend." "It's more than a legend," said Sam Halden, biologist. The reaction was not unexpected—non-humans tended to dismiss the data as convenient speculation and nothing more. "There are at least a hundred kinds of humans, each supposedly originating in strict seclusion on as many widely scattered planets. Obviously there was no contact throughout the ages before space travel— and yet each planetary race can interbreed with a minimum of ten others! That's more than a legend—one hell of a lot more!" "It is impressive," admitted Taphetta. "But I find it mildly distasteful to consider mating with someone who does not belong to my species." "That's because you're unique," said Halden. "Outside of your own world, there's nothing like your species, except superficially, and that's true of all
  Question: In the story, it is stated that "the integrity of the Ribboneers was not to be questioned" -- what potentially negative implications might this have?
  
   (A) The Ribboneers could use evidence from the adjacent mating principle to eradicate 'lower-level' species
   (B) The Ribboneers could be held responsible for solving problems that even they are not qualified to resolve
   (C) The Ribboneers could use evidence from the adjacent mating principle to further advance their own species
   (D) The Ribboneers could wield their reputation in order to lie, manipulate, and accumulate more power
  Answer:
output: The Ribboneers could wield their reputation in order to lie, manipulate, and accumulate more power