input: Text: IN CASE OF FIRE By RANDALL GARRETT There are times when a broken tool is better than a sound one, or a twisted personality more useful than a whole one. For instance, a whole beer bottle isn't half the weapon that half a beer bottle is... Illustrated by Martinez In his office apartment, on the top floor of the Terran Embassy Building in Occeq City, Bertrand Malloy leafed casually through the dossiers of the four new men who had been assigned to him. They were typical of the kind of men who were sent to him, he thought. Which meant, as usual, that they were atypical. Every man in the Diplomatic Corps who developed a twitch or a quirk was shipped to Saarkkad IV to work under Bertrand Malloy, Permanent Terran Ambassador to His Utter Munificence, the Occeq of Saarkkad. Take this first one, for instance. Malloy ran his finger down the columns of complex symbolism that showed the complete psychological analysis of the man. Psychopathic paranoia. The man wasn't technically insane; he could be as lucid as the next man most of the time. But he was morbidly suspicious that every man's hand was turned against him. He trusted no one, and was perpetually on his guard against imaginary plots and persecutions. Number two suffered from some sort of emotional block that left him continually on the horns of one dilemma or another. He was psychologically incapable of making a decision if he were faced with two or more possible alternatives of any major importance. Number three... Malloy sig
  Question: Why does Malloy send James Nordon to the peace talks?
  
   (A) Nordon has trouble making decisions but will commit once the Karna present him with a choice that is not rigged in the Karna's favor.
   (B) Nordon is going to the peace talks to assist Braynek in case of a trap.
   (C) Nordon is the best negotiator Earth has to offer.
   (D) Nordon is a trained assassin. He will be ready to take out the ambassador from Karn if there is any funny business.
  Answer:
output: Nordon has trouble making decisions but will commit once the Karna present him with a choice that is not rigged in the Karna's favor.