He was trembling with fear, afraid he would break down and never see his friends and family again. “This is the end,” he lamented. “Who'd have thought it would happen like this?”
His eyes hardened. “NO. Never give up. You will escape somehow.”
Trouble was, he had no idea how. But, the dragons hadn't found him yet. He could still make it. “Never give up hope,” he repeated. And he didn't.