input: Text: Conditionally Human By WALTER M. MILLER, JR. Illustrated by DAVID STONE They were such cute synthetic creatures, it was impossible not to love them. Of course, that was precisely why they were dangerous! There was no use hanging around after breakfast. His wife was in a hurt mood, and he could neither endure the hurt nor remove it. He put on his coat in the kitchen and stood for a moment with his hat in his hands. His wife was still at the table, absently fingering the handle of her cup and staring fixedly out the window at the kennels behind the house. He moved quietly up behind her and touched her silk-clad shoulder. The shoulder shivered away from him, and her dark hair swung shiningly as she shuddered. He drew his hand back and his bewildered face went slack and miserable. "Honeymoon's over, huh?" She said nothing, but shrugged faintly. "You knew I worked for the F.B.A.," he said. "You knew I'd have charge of a district pound. You knew it before we got married." "I didn't know you killed them," she said venomously. "I won't have to kill many. Besides, they're only animals." " Intelligent animals!" "Intelligent as a human imbecile, maybe." "A small child is an imbecile. Would you kill a small child?" "You're taking intelligence as the only criterion of humanity," he protested hopelessly, knowing that a logical defense was useless against sentimentality. "B
  Question: What act suggests that Terry empathizes with the owners of the neutroids he confiscates as part of his job? 
  
   (A) He returns lost neutroids to their owners instead of taking them to the pound and incinerating them.
   (B) He drops charges after they assault him if they agree to cooperate with authorities.
   (C) He ignores discrepancies in serial number checks even though it could cost him his job.
   (D) He thinks about stealing a neutroid for his wife, but ultimately feels bad and returns it to its owner.
  Answer:
output: He drops charges after they assault him if they agree to cooperate with authorities.